By Maya Weeks | A RELATIONSHIP IS AN ATTEMPT AT PROTECTING PROPERTY I drive past the Seafarers International Union… Read more Social Glacier
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Weak and Wounded: “Session 9”, Work, and Insurgent Femininity
By Benjamin Noys | “A Martian who hijacked the stock of the average video store would reasonably conclude that humans… Read more Weak and Wounded: “Session 9”, Work, and Insurgent Femininity
“It Follows”: Contemporary Horror and the Feminization of Labor
By Johanna Isaacson | Misogyny is a shape-shifter, a shadow, an “It” that follows and mutates to fit the culture’s… Read more “It Follows”: Contemporary Horror and the Feminization of Labor
Rape Jokes
By Cara Baldwin | “What do nine of ten people enjoy? Gang Rape.” — Jimmy Carr, “Rapier Wit” “Wouldn’t it… Read more Rape Jokes
Featured Translation: Sevgi Soysal’s ‘Şafak’
Translated from Turkish by Matthew Chovanec | Translator’s Preface The novel Dawn (Şafak, 1975) by the Turkish novelist Sevgi Soysal portrays… Read more Featured Translation: Sevgi Soysal’s ‘Şafak’
‘Comediennes’ (III): Abortion Comedies
By Madeline Lane-McKinley | “I was thirty years-old and my mother was still trying to get an abortion.” — Phyllis… Read more ‘Comediennes’ (III): Abortion Comedies
‘Comediennes’ (II): “You Might Like Comedies with a Strong Female Lead…”
By Johanna Isaacson | So far in this series on ‘comediennes,’ we have discussed the ways that the current boom… Read more ‘Comediennes’ (II): “You Might Like Comedies with a Strong Female Lead…”
Annotated Playlist: Cover Songs
By Justin Hogg | “Those crazy kids what will they do? They’re not a bit like me and you, with… Read more Annotated Playlist: Cover Songs
‘Comediennes’ (I)
This roundtable features Johanna Isaacson and Madeline Lane-McKinley. | Bridesmaids of Comedy, Handmaidens of Capital MLM: The notion of… Read more ‘Comediennes’ (I)
Imagining the End of Capitalism in ‘Post-Occupy’ Dystopian Films: Part 1
By Madeline Lane-McKinley | “There are no meadows in the mind of the oppressed. There are only slums, factories, forced-labor… Read more Imagining the End of Capitalism in ‘Post-Occupy’ Dystopian Films: Part 1
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