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Ostalgie
thumb|GDR T-shirts, for sale in Berlin in 2004
thumb|right|Soviet and GDR Memorabilia for sale in Berlin in 2006
thumb|right|Jägerschnitzel, a popular East German cuisine item
In German culture, Ostalgie () is nostalgia for aspects of life in Communist East Germany. It is a portmanteau of the German words Ost (east) and Nostalgie (nostalgia). Its anglicised equivalent, ostalgia (rhyming with "nostalgia"), is also sometimes used. Another term for the phenomenon is GDR nostalgia ().
Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory
anti-semitic conspiracy theory
Republican In Name Only
pejorative term used by conservative members of the U.S. Republican Party to describe Republicans whose political views or actions they consider insufficiently conservative
kyriarchy
In feminist theory, kyriarchy ( ) is a social system or set of connecting social systems built around domination, oppression, and submission. The word was coined by Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza in 1992 to describe her theory of interconnected, interacting, and self-extending systems of domination and submission, in which a single individual might be oppressed in some relationships and privileged in others. It is an intersectional extension of the idea of patriarchy beyond gender. Kyriarchy encompasses forms of dominating hierarchies in which the subordination of one individual or group to anot
Bootylicious
"Bootylicious" is a song by American group Destiny's Child for their third studio album Survivor (2001). It was written and produced by Falonte Moore, Beyoncé, and Rob Fusari. The song contains a prominent sample from Stevie Nicks' song "Edge of Seventeen". It was released as the second single from Survivor on May 22, 2001, by Columbia Records.
near abroad
states established following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, as seen from a Russian perspective
compassion fatigue
condition characterized by emotional and physical exhaustion leading to a diminished ability to empathize or feel compassion for others, sometimes described as the negative cost of caring or referred to as secondary traumatic stress
man cave
male-controlled space in a home