JAMES LILEKS: Hey, let’s have a Screed today!

It’s the trifecta: a site I can’t stand, talking about an artist I don’t care about, written by an academic who knows you can’t get any accolades these days unless you sprinkle the words Whiteness and Privilege all over your par-baked pan of doughy prose.

tldr: a singer’s new album seems to suggest he’s going all Country-style on us, and we need to acknowledge the problems here.

So. It’s a BuzzFeed piece called “Justin Timberlake, John Mayer, And The Western Rehab For White Masculinity.” Apparently Timberlake did a video teaser for his new album, and it was set on his ranch. This is as problematic as you can imagine.

So, so problematic. So read the whole thing, already.