User:MainlyTwelve/Dirtbag Left II

The Dirtbag Left is a term coined by Amber A'Lee Frost to refer to a loose group of leftist American media figures who employ vulgarity [as a means of criticizing mainstream American liberalism and conservatism]. Will Menaker has referred to the term as "...a nice way of describing a kind of scurrilous and funny approach to left-wing politics...". Those described as members of the Dirtbag Left include the hosts of podcast Chapo Trap House and YPG volunteer fighter Brace Belden. Publications The Baffler, Street Fight Radio, and Current Affairs have also been associated with the Dirtbag Left. It has also been associated with the Democratic Socialists of America as many members of the Dirtbag Left are also members of, and have promoted, the DSA.

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Dirtbag Left is a term coined by Amber A'Lee Frost to refer to a loose group of leftist American media figures. Members include the hosts of podcast Chapo Trap House, and, ostensibly, Brace Belden. Will Menaker has referred to the term as "...a nice way of describing a kind of scurrilous and funny approach to left-wing politics...". Publications The Baffler and Current Affairs have also been associated with the Dirtbag Left.

Writer James Wolcott, in a piece for Vanity Fair

"alt-left"

The Dirtbag Left (sometimes called the ironic left ) is a term coined by Amber A'Lee Frost to refer to a loose group of leftist media figures that use ironic and acerbic humor, often as a reaction against perceived tone policing by the center-left. Will Menaker has referred to the term as "...a nice way of describing a kind of scurrilous and funny approach to left-wing politics...".

Those described as members of the Dirtbag Left include the hosts of podcast Chapo Trap House and YPG volunteer fighter Brace Belden. Publications The Baffler, Street Fight Radio, and Current Affairs have also been associated with the Dirtbag Left. It has also been associated with the Democratic Socialists of America as many members of the Dirtbag Left are also members of, and have promoted, the DSA.

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 * URL: https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/07/chapo-trap-house-are-the-vulgar-brilliant-demigods.html
 * MM/YY: 07/16
 * Description: Chapo Trap House are the Vulgar, Brilliant Demigods of the New Progressive Left


 * URL: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2016/05/the-necessity-of-political-vulgarity
 * MM/YY: 08/16
 * Description: THE NECESSITY OF POLITICAL VULGARITY...does not explicitly reference "dirtbag left"


 * URL: http://thefederalist.com/2016/11/22/meet-intolerant-vulgarians-dirtbag-left/
 * MM/YY: 11/16
 * Description: federalist take


 * URL: http://www.laweekly.com/arts/liberal-pop-culture-has-officially-outlived-its-usefulness-in-politics-7653125
 * MM/YY: 11/16
 * Description: Liberal Pop-Culture Has Officially Outlived Its Usefulness in Politics


 * URL: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/what-will-become-of-the-dirtbag-left
 * MM/YY: 11/16
 * Description: What Will Become of the Dirtbag Left?


 * URL: https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/12/we-need-the-ironic-leftaka-the-dirtbag-leftnow-mor.html
 * MM/YY: 12/16
 * Description: paste magazine "we need the ironic left..."


 * URL: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/03/why-the-alt-left-is-a-problem
 * MM/YY: 03/17
 * Description: term "alt-left" PAYWALL


 * URL: https://www.theringer.com/2017/3/23/16044958/new-left-media-current-affairs-chapo-trap-house-crooked-media-9cb016070532
 * MM/YY: 03/17
 * Description: in part a response to vanity fair piece


 * URL: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/04/brace-belden-pisspiggranddad-syria-isis.html
 * MM/YY: 04/17
 * Description: Brace Belden


 * URL: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/04/democratic-socialists-america-trump/
 * MM/YY: 05/17
 * Description: Donald Trump Has Made Socialism Cool Again


 * URL: https://www.salon.com/2017/07/30/radicals-cant-afford-to-play-nice-the-long-honorable-and-sometimes-pornographic-history-of-the-dirtbag-left/
 * MM/YY: 07/17
 * Description: salon article historical context


 * URL: https://www.salon.com/2017/07/21/the-dirtbag-left-can-prevent-the-liberal-elite-bubble-that-brought-us-donald-trump/
 * MM/YY: 07/17
 * Description: the dirtbag left can defeat liberalism


 * URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/22/chapo-trap-house-podcast-dirtbag-left-takes-aim-at-clinton-supporters
 * MM/YY: 07/17
 * Description: "takes aim at clinton..."


 * URL: https://newrepublic.com/article/143926/dirtbag-left-problem-dominance-politics
 * MM/YY: 07/17
 * Description: Jeet Heer piece in TNR


 * URL: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/8/5/15930786/dsa-socialists-convention-national
 * MM/YY: 08/17
 * Description: "How does DSA relate to the 'dirtbag left?'"


 * URL: https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/chapo-trap-house-interview-felix-biederman-dirtbag-left-podcast/Content?oid=29354373
 * MM/YY: 08/17
 * Description: reader interview with felix


 * URL: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-kirchick-warmonger-20170809-story.html
 * MM/YY: 08/17
 * Description: James Kirchick in LA Times compares alt-right and dbag left on isolationism


 * URL: https://www.splicetoday.com/politics-and-media/lee-fang-neoliberal-shill
 * MM/YY: 08/17
 * Description: dbag left as anti-identity politics


 * URL: https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-liberal-left-heroes-who-treat-women-like-garbage
 * MM/YY: 10/17
 * Description: daily beast...sexism


 * URL: https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/10/24/16503462/dsa-women-cumtown-chapo
 * MM/YY: 10/17
 * Description: misogyny on the left


 * URL: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2017/10/absolute-boy-and-melts-how-corbynism-created-new-political-language
 * MM/YY: 10/17
 * Description: New Statesman on dbag left influence on Corbynists in UK


 * URL: https://www.crikey.com.au/2017/11/15/the-rise-of-australias-dirtbag-left-the-digital-generation-turns-to-socialism/
 * MM/YY: 11/17
 * Description: Crikey on Dirtbag Left in Australia


 * URL: http://nymag.com/selectall/2018/03/texas-candidate-richard-wolf-memes-facebook-something-awful-chapo.html
 * MM/YY: 03/18
 * Description: 23-year old Democratic primary candidate for House in Texas identified with "Dirtbag Left".


 * URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/09/opinion/sunday/smug-liberals-conservative-trolls.html
 * MM/YY: 03/18
 * Description: NY Times op-ed by Katherine Mangu-Ward (editor-in-chief of libertarian mag Reason) saying the Dirtbag Left is a race to the bottom of civility with the alt-right


 * URL: https://psmag.com/social-justice/the-palo-alto-pastor-who-resigned-after-his-tweets-caused-community-outrage
 * MM/YY: 05/18
 * Description: Pacific Standard on Gregory Stevens, the pastor from Palo Alto who resigned after tweeting about the community's elitism and hypocrisy


 * URL: https://psmag.com/social-justice/the-palo-alto-pastor-who-resigned-after-his-tweets-caused-community-outrage
 * MM/YY: 05/18
 * Description: Dan Abrams' legal news site Law & Crime describes Jake Flores as "Dirtbag Left". Flores is a comedian who received a visit from ICE agents after making a joke about the agency.


 * URL: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/a-neoliberal-nightmare-at-ozy-fest-2018-702600/
 * MM/YY: 07/18
 * Description: rolling stone re: ozyfest


 * URL: https://www.the-american-interest.com/2018/07/24/what-is-millennial-socialism/
 * MM/YY: 07/18
 * Description: The American Interest identifying the "Dirtbag Left" as an aspect of (or even synonym for) "millennial socialism".


 * URL: https://www.salon.com/2018/08/06/chapo-guide-to-revolution-hints-at-a-burgeoning-leftist-culture-going-mainstream/
 * MM/YY: 08/22
 * Description: some context re: the term in article about The Book


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