By Johanna Isaacson Towards the end of the film The Fits (2015) we see the protagonist, Toni (Royalty Hightower) walking… Read more Seized Lives Seizing Lives in The Fits
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Essays on Working
by Lindsay Turner To tell you how it is would require extraordinary powers of mimesis, or it would require giving… Read more Essays on Working
Dreams of Gilead
by Sophie Lewis The Handmaid’s Tale has been generating a lot of enjoyment for over three decades. Its trajectory includes… Read more Dreams of Gilead
Between Two Worlds: Race and Authenticity in Cover Songs
by Justin Hogg The reason I make playlists is to find the connections between songs, the sounds that make them… Read more Between Two Worlds: Race and Authenticity in Cover Songs
Nine Notes on “Gender Strike”
By Madeline Lane-McKinley 1. “Gender strike” describes the impossibility of a “general strike” only pronounced by conditions of feminization. “But… Read more Nine Notes on “Gender Strike”
Patenting The Pissoir: Queer Bodies and Proprietary Technologies
By Chris Chitty The following is a piece from our late friend, Chris Chitty. Chris was a radical thinker, a… Read more Patenting The Pissoir: Queer Bodies and Proprietary Technologies
The GIF as a Tool of Rereading, Resistance, and Re-narrativizing in Social Media Spaces
By Jasmine Lee Ehrhardt The woman smirks coolly, appraising an unknown subject that is out of the camera’s view. She… Read more The GIF as a Tool of Rereading, Resistance, and Re-narrativizing in Social Media Spaces
Vocabularies for Struggle
Against the backdrop of “love trumps hate”—a key phrase of the liberal anti-Trump lexicon—it is worth asking what can be… Read more Vocabularies for Struggle
Potter’s Field: Part Two
A capella By Justin Hogg It wouldn’t be much longer until he was free. He held his own captivity in… Read more Potter’s Field: Part Two
Against the “Slow Cancellation of the Future”
We were saddened to hear yesterday’s news of Mark Fisher’s unexpected death. Our thoughts are with his family and friends. … Read more Against the “Slow Cancellation of the Future”
