Ask a British person about the origins of `lad culture` and youīll likely hear them posit something hazy about Britpop, the alternative rock movement most commonly associated with 90s English band Oasis. For the better part of two decades, Oasisīs frontmen-brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher-trafficked in bombast, insult, and anti-intellectualism. Driven by what were supposed to be unfeigned primitive cravings, they seemingly endorsed a lifestyle of drinking, casual sex, and other stereotypically masculine pursuits. They, of course, arenīt the only culprits. Lad magazines, which became popular around the same time, also championed riotous...
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