Cultural Studies

"Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors." — Simone Weil

Whose (Who’s) Shakespeare? On Amelia Rosselli’s “Sleep”
Taylor Yoonji Kang reviews Amelia Rosselli’s “Sleep.”
Taylor Yoonji KangFeb 22, 2024
Girls Gone Wild? On Apple TV+’s “The Buccaneers”
Sheila Liming gets to the bottom of Apple TV+ and Katherine Jakeways’s “The Buccaneers.”
Sheila LimingFeb 20, 2024
- Cultural Studies
- Television
Red Flags/Green Flags
LARB social media director Maya Chen rounds up her ultimate relationship red and green flags for 2024.
Maya ChenFeb 14, 2024
- Cultural Studies
Among the Rose Petals, Queer Possibility: On Sasha Velour’s “The Big Reveal”
Christian Lewis reviews Sasha Velour’s “The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag.”
Christian LewisFeb 12, 2024
I Had Become the Target: On Taylor Swift and the Power of Revisionism
In a preview of the upcoming LARB Quarterly issue, no. 41: “Truth,” Claire Shaffer muses on how Taylor Swift has begun to recast her personal story and musical legacy.
Claire ShafferFeb 10, 2024
- Cultural Studies
- Music
Border Wounds: On Saretta Morgan’s “Alt-Nature”
Rachel Carroll reviews Saretta Morgan’s “Alt-Nature.”
Rachel CarrollFeb 6, 2024
- Cultural Studies
- Poetry
White-centric Blowback: On Jason Ruiz’s “Narcomedia”
Michael Sandlin reviews Jason Ruiz’s “Narcomedia: Latinidad, Popular Culture, and the War on Drugs.”
Michael SandlinFeb 2, 2024
- Cultural Studies
The Last of the Menckenians: Struggling with an American Iconoclast
Michael Downs considers the troubled state of the institution that preserves the work of H. L. Mencken.
Michael DownsFeb 2, 2024
- Cultural Studies
- Memoir & Essay
Antitheory: On Anna Kornbluh’s “Immediacy”
Grace Byron reviews Anna Kornbluh’s “Immediacy: Or, The Style of Too Late Capitalism.”
Grace ByronJan 31, 2024
- Cultural Studies
- Nonfiction
Premium Content: On Anna Kornbluh’s “Immediacy”
Christina Fogarasi reviews Anna Kornbluh’s “Immediacy: Or, the Style of Too Late Capitalism.”
Christina FogarasiJan 31, 2024
- Cultural Studies
- Nonfiction
American Psychos: On “Vanderpump Rules”
Philippa Snow examines the anti-heroism offered by Bravo’s reality show “Vanderpump Rules.”
Philippa SnowJan 29, 2024
- Cultural Studies
- Television
Replaying “The Piano”: Lessons from “A Girl’s Own Story”
Eliana Rozinov revisits Jane Campion's “A Girl’s Own Story” and “The Piano” on the 30th anniversary of the latter film.
Eliana RozinovJan 27, 2024
- Cultural Studies
- Film