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#Content: Expanding Entertainment, Collapsing Criticism
Matt Hartman discusses the future of video journalism and the increase in entertainment coverage and decrease in critical judgment.
All Essays
Oneida: The Christian Utopia Where Contraception Was King
Ellen Wayland-Smith examines her ancestors' history in the Oneida Community, a 19th-century religious commune.
The Managerial Revulsion: Re-Classing Madness in “High-Rise”
Glyn Salton-Cox on Ben Wheatley and Amy Jump's adaptation of J. G. Ballard's "High-Rise".
Make the Wrong Choice: Rereading Conrad’s “Victory”
On love and Joseph Conrad’s under-read classic, “Victory”.
Make America Austria Again: How Robert Musil Predicted the Rise of Donald Trump
What can "The Man Without Qualities" teach us about Donald Trump?
First and Last, the First Amendment
Stephen Rohde’s reflection on his career as an LA civil rights lawyer, particularly regarding the First Amendment.
Chris Kraus and the K-Word
So far, Chris Kraus’s new position in the mainstream orbit of Jill Soloway hasn't produced an assessment of the Jewish questions that pervade Kraus’s books.
Back to Baku: A Report from the Seventh Global Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations
Kristin Surak on the 7th Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations and the 1920 Congress of the Peoples of the East (both held in Baku).
Marie Antoinette’s Desk: The Hammer Biennial: “Made in L.A. 2016: a, the, though, only”
Victoria Dailey on The Hammer Biennial: "Made in L.A."
A Meditation on Contemporary Art: “Made in L.A.: a, the, though, only”
Annie Buckley discusses the Hammer Museum’s third iteration of the “Made in L.A.” biennial.
“La Jetée” at 33 Revolutions Per Minute
As Superior Viaduct releases the soundtrack of "La Jetée" on vinyl, Matthew H. Evans reflects on Chris Marker's extraordinary film.
This Is Not A Conversation: Robert Cremins and Rob Zaretsky on Denis Diderot, Malcolm Bradbury, and Why We Write
What would Denis Diderot think of a campus protest?
Beyond Blackness and Whiteness: Activists of Mixed Race Speak Out
Heidi Durrow, Aaron Samuels, and Tehran Von Ghasri discuss whether having a biracial or mixed identity can give a vantage of both privilege and oppression.
Hej, Men Nej, to “The Girl” and “Girls’ Books”: Three Swedish Women Crime Novelists
Swedish novelists Liza Marklund, Camilla Läckberg, and Helene Tursten craft strong female investigators who are not in service to male fantasies
From Orlando to Brexit to Baghdad: 2016’s Summer of Violence Requires a Radical Rethinking of Queer Politics
What the Pulse shooting tells us about violent masculinity and queer politics in the Arab World.
The Stranger Guest: The Literature of Pregnancy and New Motherhood
Lily Gurton-Wachter surveys the literature of pregnancy and new motherhood, from Charlotte Perkins Gilman to Rivka Galchen.
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