Ben Ratskoff is a Los Angeles–based writer and scholar. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of the new Jewish quarterly <a href="http://prtcls.com/">Protocols</a>.

Ben Ratskoff

The Kids Want Communism: A Conversation with Joshua Simon

"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

Around the World

"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." — Frank Zappa

Art &amp; Architecture

"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins

Politics

A Reluctant Bricolage of the Sublime and the Popular: Eliyahu Fatal’s “Broken Cisterns”

"You always admire what you really don't understand."
— Blaise Pascal

Religion

Whites, Jews, and Us

Liberation Utopias: Houria Bouteldja on Feminism, Anti-Semitism, and the Politics of Decolonization

"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think." — Lorraine Hansberry

Philosophy &amp; Critical Theory

"As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag." — Patti Smith

Gender &amp; Sexuality

Ben Ratskoff is a Los Angeles–based writer and scholar. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of the new Jewish quarterly <a href="http://prtcls.com/">Protocols</a>.