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Addressing Patriarchy
Generations of women address patriarchy in this choral essay by Lori Marso.
Rich White People Problems, or My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Rebecca Renner reviews Ottessa Moshfegh's new novel, "My Year of Rest and Relaxation."
The Caillou Conceit: Narrative Overexposure and Hyperreal Pacing in Netflix’s Love
Callie Hitchcock reviews Netflix's "Love" in light of the hyperreal storytelling style exhibited in "Caillou."
The Shape of the Dialogue as a Whole: Talking to Verity Harte
Andy Fitch interviews Verity Harte, author of recent article "Desire, Memory and the Authority of Soul: Plato Philebus 35CD."
The Walkout: Mitski and Alienation
Geoff Nelson discusses Bertolt Brecht's theory of alienation and the music videos of Mitski.
Against Fandom
Nathan Kalman-Lamb on the problems of sports fandom, and the political economy of high-performance sport.
The Horrifying Joy of Roque Larraquy’s Comemadre
Nathan Scott McNamara reviews Roque Larraquy’s "absurd and straight-faced and frighteningly self-assured" novel "Comemadre."
Writing America: How the U.S. Was Recorded into Reality
Practically every week this year, a new book emerges that diagnoses the state of the nation, identifying alarming symptoms and, …
Could Seoul Be the Next Great Cyberpunk City?
Colin Marshall looks back at the great cyberpunk novels and movies and posits that Seoul might be the next site of cyberpunk.
