social critic

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The combination of humor, outrage, and direct naming of one of the world’s most powerful billionaires made the moment impossible to ignore, cementing Eilish’s role as both a cultural influencer and social critic.

From Salon • Nov. 15, 2025

DuBois, who showed how someone can be a teacher, scholar, researcher, author, social critic and activist.

From Scientific American • Sep. 21, 2023

And Ms. O’Connor, once shunned by some as an outcast and caricatured by others crazy, is now being mourned as a national treasure and a serious social critic.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2023

This is the second posthumous book by the anthropologist and anarchist social critic, who died suddenly at age 59 in 2020.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2023

The following day, social critic and sociologist Michael Eric Dyson published a critique of Obama’s speech in Time magazine.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander