Sea Shanty TikTok is the perfect expression of masculinity for 2021
In shanties, we find something both extremely manly and subversively tender. In other words, the opposite of Trump s vitriol.
It s no fluke ShantyTok is a smash.Anjali Nair / MSNBC; Getty Images
Jan. 15, 2021, 10:31 AM UTC
The news has been a lot these last few weeks, and the U.S. is facing crises on several fronts. But in the background of the chaos, one strong, steady chorus has been cutting through the din. It s a pulsing beat that has united disparate parts of the internet in a way that few would have thought possible just a few weeks ago.