By Johanna Isaacson A decade ago, I sat in a large seminar classroom in which feminist luminary Kathi Weeks presented… Read more Defamiliarizing Family: Abolish the Family Review
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The Hospital of History: Guy Hocquenghem’s The Amphitheater of the Dead
By Cam Scott | Few figures of the French left are as non-forthcoming in posterity, let alone English translation, as… Read more The Hospital of History: Guy Hocquenghem’s The Amphitheater of the Dead
Unseeable Horror in Velvet Buzzsaw
“If art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors.” — Bertolt Brecht [1] By Madeline Lane-McKinley | In the… Read more Unseeable Horror in Velvet Buzzsaw
“Fuck Off to Back Where You Came From”: Notes on The Phantom Thread
By Sophie Lewis | I’ve never cared about Daniel Day-Lewis particularly, and until today I didn’t know who PT Anderson… Read more “Fuck Off to Back Where You Came From”: Notes on The Phantom Thread
Technology and Compensatory Fantasy in The Magicians
By Kenan Behzat Sharpe | One of the Proverbs of Hell passed on to us from William Blake suggests that… Read more Technology and Compensatory Fantasy in The Magicians
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
‘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…”
Life Versus Survival in “Tangerine”
By Johanna Isaacson | In the midst of the Greek debt crisis and Syriza’s initial attempt to defend the country… Read more Life Versus Survival in “Tangerine”
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