Dan Hassler-Forest is an author and public speaker affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. His research is focused on the ways in which popular media reflect changing social relations in late capitalism. His most recent books are Janelle Monáe’s Queer Afrofuturism: Defying Every Label and Janelle Monáe’s “Dirty Computer.”
Dan Hassler-Forest
Articles
Janelle Monáe Offers Stories of Hope for Our Dystopian Times
Dan Hassler-Forest reviews “The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer” by Janelle Monáe.
Bong Joon-ho: Love in the Time of Capitalism
Dan Hassler-Forest looks at the recent work of Academy Award winner Bong Joon-ho.
Disney’s Endgame: Corporate Stockholm Syndrome in the Age of the Mega-Franchise
While we crave traditional components like complexity, spectacle, and closure, we experience those things only as an endless flow of branded content.
“The Last Jedi”: Saving Star Wars from Itself
By connecting female representation to values that challenge toxic masculinity, "The Last Jedi" supplants the franchise’s hero worship with compassion.
The Politics of the Planet of the Apes
By drawing on SF tropes and the legacy of a genre classic, the new "Apes" trilogy ambitiously reflects the crisis of the left in this age of impotence.
In Memoriam: Mark Fisher
Mark Fisher's fans, friends, and colleagues remember the author of "Capitalist Realism" and "The Weird and the Eerie."
Politicizing Star Wars: Anti-Fascism vs. Nostalgia in “Rogue One”
Dan Hassler-Forest on the latest Star Wars film.
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