bourgeoisie

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This uncomfortably hilarious and cutting dramedy from Simón Mesa Soto addresses both artistic failure and how often creative fields expect voices from disadvantaged backgrounds to exploit their trauma for the edification of the bourgeoisie.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

Part hobo, part insult comic, part performance artist, Diogenes flaunted his disregard for convention in ways that scandalized the bourgeoisie of Athens and, later, Corinth, after his banishment from Sinope became permanent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

"The Viennese bourgeoisie took them to cafes and shopping, and showed them the local monuments," he added.

From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025

Will this acrid-tongued, 69-year-old multimillionaire, a child of the rural Catholic haute bourgeoisie, turn out to be a latter-day Churchill, standing astride the tides of history?

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2025

For the first time in my life as a maid I have a purpose more compelling than trying to meet the aesthetic standards of the New England bourgeoisie.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich