Gulf Coast Reads Is About Community
When I was a kid, Houston had only three network-affiliated TV stations (four if you count PBS) and a scrappy UHF channel that mostly showed reruns and wrestling. Which sounds limiting now, but there was something powerful about having so few options: everyone experienced the same things. We all watched Roots. We all saw the Fonz jump the shark. We all tuned in to find out who shot J.R.
Today, our screens offer us an infinite buffet of content, personalized by algorithms and delivered on demand. We don’t just choose what we like—we’re insulated from everything we didn’t choose. It’s rare now for large groups of people to experience the same story at the same time.
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