Nathan Smith is an arts and culture writer based in Australia. His writing has appeared in The Economist, The Atlantic, and the Washington Post. Nathan tweets @nathansmithr and maintains a website at nathanrsmith.co.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
Sowing Wild Oates
Nathan Smith on the prolific Joyce Carol Oates's new essay collection, "Soul at the White Heat."...
The Philosophy of Ai Weiwei (From Andy Warhol and Back Again)
The exhibition "Andy Warhol/Ai Weiwei" is a provocative pairing of two seemingly disparate artists that reveals their underlying similarities....
Still Radical 25 Years On
The shock we experience reading Karen Finley’s "Shock Treatment" is, ironically enough, less than the shock its narrator is forced to endure....
They Shoot Old Film Stars on TV, Don’t They?
In Netflix's "Grace and Frankie," about two older women whose husbands come out as gay, the true queer relationship is that of the two women....
Feminist Artifacts: The Archive of Germaine Greer
According to Greer, the woman of today is actually the eunuch herself — dehumanized and desexualized by an oppressive patriarchy that engulfs her autonomy and, thereby, her personhood, as well as her womanhood....
