This is the postmodern desert inhabited by people who are, in effect, consuming themselves in the form of images and abs — Larry McCaffrey
This is the postmodern desert inhabited by people who are, in effect, consuming themselves in the form of images and abs — Larry McCaffrey
This is the postmodern desert inhabited by people who are, in effect, consuming themselves in the form of images and abs — Larry McCaffrey
This is the postmodern desert inhabited by people who are, in effect, consuming themselves in the form of images and abs — Larry McCaffrey
This is the postmodern desert inhabited by people who are, in effect, consuming themselves in the form of images and abs — Larry McCaffrey
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This is the postmodern desert inhabited by people who are, in effect, consuming themselves in the form of images and abstractions through which their desires, sense of identity, and memories are replicated and then sold back to them as products

— Larry McCaffrey
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