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Why Donald Trump and JD Vance Can’t Stop Talking About Dolls

Why Donald Trump and JD Vance Can’t Stop Talking About Dolls

Alissa Quart on the Social Class Kitsch Behind One of the Weirder Moments in Recent Politics

By Alissa Quart | May 12, 2025

JD Vance is the Toxic Byproduct of America’s Obsession with Bootstrap Narratives

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Alissa Quart on the Art of the Deal of the Hillbilly

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Cutting Class: On the Myth of the Middle Class Writer

Cutting Class: On the Myth of the Middle Class Writer

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“Zombies,” a Poem by Alissa Quart

“Zombies,” a Poem by Alissa Quart

“When I don’t report on others / I report on myself.”

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Little House of Propaganda: Homesteading Myths and the Sentimentality of Self-Reliance

Little House of Propaganda: Homesteading Myths and the Sentimentality of Self-Reliance

Alissa Quart on the Bootstrap Narratives of Laura Ingalls Wilder

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The Poetry of Labor: On Rodrigo Toscano and the Art of Work

The Poetry of Labor: On Rodrigo Toscano and the Art of Work

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