We've Hit Peak Badass. It's Gotta Stop.

“Badass” is everywhere. It’s taken over the idea of “cool” as the desired social posture. And it doesn’t mean what you think it does.

Jesse Sheidlower

Published May 9 2015 12:10AM EDT 

Jesse Sheidlower

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