Jason Clemence
Cognoscenti contributor
Jason Clemence is an associate professor of English and film studies at Regis College in Weston, Mass. His non-academic writing focuses on music criticism, satire and the ideology of language and word choice.
Recently published
Running is everything to me. What if it’s time to say goodbye?
Jason Clemence ran 24,733 miles between June 2008 and January 2024. And then, he couldn't run anymore. It's hard to know what to do when the thing that brought you...
How Can America Reckon With Racism, If There Are No Facts?
The devastating irony of the present moment is that for all of our near-limitless access to knowledge, the truth is not merely inaccessible, but perpetually transformed into an up-for-grabs commodity,...
Toxic Nostalgia Helps Explain Why Some People Still Won’t Wear Masks
Toxic nostalgia is often rightly blamed for stubborn cultural worldviews, writes Jason Clemence, but it's also a key element in rejecting or mocking public health recommendations. That's been the case...