By Yanis Iqbal What is a human being? Poor Things reveals the political stakes of this question by interrogating the… Read more How to Become a Mechanical Monster: Liberation from Tradition in “Poor Things”
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Shit, Cum, and Milk: On Relating to Institutions of Higher Education
By Olive Demar Malcolm Harris ends his far-reaching book, Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World, with… Read more Shit, Cum, and Milk: On Relating to Institutions of Higher Education
Patriarchal Realism: On The Banshees of Inisherin
By Miranda Mellis The ‘mental health’ epidemic, the depression and anxiety epidemic, the loneliness epidemic. It seems that feelings are… Read more Patriarchal Realism: On The Banshees of Inisherin
Looking Back on Goncharov: Film Culture, Meme Culture, and the Historiographers of Tumblr University
By Payton Alexa McCarty-Simas “But what if God himself can be simulated, that is to say, reduced to the signs… Read more Looking Back on Goncharov: Film Culture, Meme Culture, and the Historiographers of Tumblr University
Repress and Reward: Compensatory Heterosexuality and Projections of Upper Caste Women in Indian Film
By Umar Nizarudeen An elderly scion of the erstwhile royal family of Travancore in Kerala recently courted controversy for her suggestion… Read more Repress and Reward: Compensatory Heterosexuality and Projections of Upper Caste Women in Indian Film
“Jawan”: Reimagining Masculinity in Indian Cinema
By Yanis Iqbal Spoilers Alert! In the 2023 film Jawan, actor Shah Rukh Khan takes on the dual roles of… Read more “Jawan”: Reimagining Masculinity in Indian Cinema
Commoning for Autonomy/Autonomy for the Commons
By Andreas Petrossiants – Mary N. Taylor and Noah Brehmer (eds.), The Commonist Horizon: Futures Beyond Capitalist Urbanization (Common Notions,… Read more Commoning for Autonomy/Autonomy for the Commons
Women’s Non-Naturalistic Acting in Contemporary Horror: Get Out, Hereditary, Us, and Pearl
By Johanna Isaacson Due to my horror film obsession, I stopped watching the Oscars and other Hollywood awards shows years… Read more Women’s Non-Naturalistic Acting in Contemporary Horror: Get Out, Hereditary, Us, and Pearl
Between ‘Mothers’ and ‘Females’
By Eli Nova Rose As I write, it’s dark before dawn very early on a Saturday morning, and one kid… Read more Between ‘Mothers’ and ‘Females’
Chopping it Up and Burning it Down: Queer Camp in “Night Warning”
By Johanna Isaacson As we enter the age of the “social thriller,” horror is in a transformative moment. Films like… Read more Chopping it Up and Burning it Down: Queer Camp in “Night Warning”