Ultimately, this is about how in my adolescence, I began to find my sense of self through pop culture. We all do. In ways pop culture, like advertising, is one of the greatest forms of education that isn’t actually labelled as such. We identify with and develop our societal roles through immediate examples (family), through tradition, and through pop culture. The outrage and unrest in Rage’s music resonated with me, essentially contributing to my sense of self by giving me a focus and purpose; showing me that there were many others in the world like me and that this was not only okay, but welcome.

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