Reading Series
Raised by Screens
Television, movies, and games that shaped everyday culture.
Soap operas, Cartoon Network, Pixar, sitcoms, video games, shopping channels, and Jackass—the screens people grew up with.
7 booksThere’s no required order. Start wherever you want.
In this series
Browse all books- 01Previously OnAn exploration of how American soap operas became an infinite loop of melodrama that sedated generations of viewers with familiar comfort.38 min read
- 02Saturday Morning ForeverA philosophical exploration of how Cartoon Network shows shaped millennial consciousness through chaos, imagination, and accidental profundity.38 min read
- 03No Capes, Just FeelingsThirteen Pixar movies used to talk about identity, grief, purpose, memory, family, talent, and the feelings people usually try to outrun.20 min read
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Chronicles from the CouchAn exploration of situation comedies as a defining cultural force that shaped American entertainment and social attitudes.Short book - 05
Insert CoinHow video games went from lab experiments and arcade cabinets to DLC, loot boxes, battle passes, subscriptions, and a fight over whether play still belongs to players.27 min read - 06
LoopedGroundhog Day becomes a manual for recognizing the routines that keep people stuck. Repetition can be a prison, but it can also become practice.24 min read - 07
Skulls & Shopping CartsA tribute to the Jackass crew that explores how a band of daredevils turned pain into entertainment, friendship into tragedy, and stupidity into cultural phenomenon.28 min read