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ACID RANT is a Toronto based cultural movement focused on fostering a community of critical-thinking, creative youth that want to disrupt the system and change the world. We do that through creating and curating counter-culture.

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The Renaissance, The Hippies and The 2020's: A Crisis Of Meaning

Acid Rant

Oct 31, 2020
7 min

The Renaissance, The Hippies and The 2020's: A Crisis Of Meaning

The world has recently felt like it's in a constant flux of turmoil. Our information intake is flooded by images of destruction, decay an...

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Dave Chappelle, Louis C.K. & Basquiat: The Medium is The Message

Acid Rant

Oct 21, 2020
15 min

Dave Chappelle, Louis C.K. & Basquiat: The Medium is The Message

Both Chappelle and Basquiat consider themselves Griots, which is a member of a class of traveling poets, musicians, and storytellers who mai

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'American Beauty' W.A.P, 'Cuties' and the KKK: History, Time & Political Correctness vs Art

Acid Rant

Oct 19, 2020
17 min

'American Beauty' W.A.P, 'Cuties' and the KKK: History, Time & Political Correctness vs Art

What exactly is the purpose of film? Is film just something you watch because you enjoy it? Film creates the need to reflect the time itself

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Dave Chappelle, Jay Z and Nipsey Hussle: The Cost of Creativity in Capitalism

Acid Rant

Oct 15, 2020
13 min

Dave Chappelle, Jay Z and Nipsey Hussle: The Cost of Creativity in Capitalism

Once every blue moon there are creative businessmen who are able to wear both hats, people like Jay Z, Nipsey Hussle and Steve Jobs that are

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Kanye, Trump, NPCs and The Simulated Age of Self Aware Memes

Acid Rant

Oct 8, 2020
9 min

Kanye, Trump, NPCs and The Simulated Age of Self Aware Memes

What is real and what is fiction seamlessly blend together so that there is no clear distinction between where one ends and the other begins

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Kendrick Lamars Ab-Soul Outro, Sartre, and Jean Baudrillards Simulacra and Simulations

Acid Rant

Sep 17, 2020
10 min

Kendrick Lamars Ab-Soul Outro, Sartre, and Jean Baudrillards Simulacra and Simulations

Aside from capitalistic pursuits, survival and doing things to please others, what's the reason a lot of us do anything?

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Kanye West, Arthur Schopenhauer, Religion and Aesthetic Appreciation in the Face of Suffering

Acid Rant

Aug 22, 2020
9 min

Kanye West, Arthur Schopenhauer, Religion and Aesthetic Appreciation in the Face of Suffering

The observation of aesthetic experience is an ego inhibitor that makes you in tune with our fundamental nature that unites us past the surfa

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Elon Musk, Bo Burnham, The Internet, Modern Renaissance and How To Be A Renaissance Man

Acid Rant

Aug 11, 2020
15 min

Elon Musk, Bo Burnham, The Internet, Modern Renaissance and How To Be A Renaissance Man

We can focus our energy into harnessing our creativity in the pursuit of knowledge in order to actualize our full capacity with the tools we

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Huey P. Newton on Our Internalized Prejudice

Acid Rant

Jul 8, 2020
7 min

Huey P. Newton on Our Internalized Prejudice

Criticism is difficult, yet necessary. It's one of those reality checks, especially if it's true, that can actually make you a better human

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Sartre, Nietzsche, Solzhenitsyn, J Cole and Noname: Why Authenticity Matters

Acid Rant

Jun 24, 2020
11 min

Sartre, Nietzsche, Solzhenitsyn, J Cole and Noname: Why Authenticity Matters

Their favourite influencer heard the term from their favourite rapper which has barely done any readings themselves. J Cole is a conscious r

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