This week on Uncolonized, Gavin Stephens and Daniel Grant dive into the media’s favorite zombie narrative: the “silent majority.” Every election cycle, pundits and pollsters act like it’s a shocking new revelation—but this trope is as old as Nixon. We unpack the latest reincarnation of it, featuring the supposed shift of white male Gen Z voters to the right, particularly towards Trump. Are they really shifting—or just revealing who they’ve always been?

Plus, in our Patreon-exclusive episode, we get into a viral story about a woman who dated a string of far-right men. What she discovered about their views, emotional development, and how they perform masculinity says a lot about the culture we’re in.

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Topics covered include:

• The myth of the centrist Gen Z white male voter
• Political amnesia in mainstream media
• Why the “silent majority” narrative is a smokescreen
• Insights from dating the far-right
• Emotional repression and conservative identity

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This week, Daniel and Gavin dissect Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17, using Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of cultural capital to examine who gets to be seen as an “auteur” in the public imagination — and who doesn’t. We explore how race, class, and symbolic capital shape legitimacy in the film world, questioning why specific creators are celebrated as geniuses while others are sidelined, regardless of the quality of their work.

Through Bourdieu’s lens, we look at the cinematic “field” as a battleground, where recognition isn’t just about talent — it’s about access to networks, education, prestige, and whiteness as an unspoken default. Mickey 17 becomes a springboard for unpacking how cultural power is produced and maintained in the West and how directors like Bong Joon Ho disrupt those norms — even while subtly reabsorbed into them.

🎬 Mickey 17 (2025) – Film Details

Director & Writer: Bong Joon Ho

Based on: Mickey7 by Edward Ashton

Cast:

Robert Pattinson

Naomi Ackie

Mark Ruffalo

Toni Collette

Steven Yeun

(Full cast list available above or on IMDb)

Production Companies: Warner Bros. Pictures, Plan B Entertainment

Runtime: 137 minutes

Budget: $118 million

Box Office Gross: $127.3 million

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Uncolonized - Episode 19: You Can’t Take It With You

This week on Uncolonized, Gavin Stephens talks about losing his stuff in a fire—and not in a metaphorical, "finding yourself" way. Like, literally. Gone. Every DVD, vinyl, collectible—poof. So now I'm living in the future: a full-on subscription-based model for everything I used to own. Yay capitalism.

I get into what it means to live in a consumer-based society where we don’t own anything anymore—except debt, anxiety, and maybe a Spotify playlist. I also explore the deeper truth that none of this stuff really goes with us when it’s all said and done. Death: the ultimate unsubscribe.

It’s capitalism, it’s comedy, it’s mildly traumatic—but hey, at least it’s ad-free... sort of.

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