Cultural Studies

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

Strategic Audio: Podcasts, Propaganda, and the Fairy Tales of Data Mining
Michelle Chihara explores the podcast form as a vehicle for corporate puffery masquerading as journalistic inquiry.
Michelle ChiharaJun 24, 2021
- Cultural Studies
Antiseptic Glass Stream
Sun-ha Hong deconstructs the “paradox of intimacy and disconnection” at the heart of the Peloton fitness brand.
Sun-ha HongJun 24, 2021
- Cultural Studies
Patriotic Obscenity: Aaron Poochigian and the Comedy of Aristophanes
Mark Haskell Smith talks Athenian rudeness with Aaron Poochigian, translator of “Aristophanes: Four Plays: Clouds, Birds, Lysistrata, Women of the Assembly.”
Mark Haskell SmithJun 20, 2021
- Cultural Studies
Behind Closed Doors: America’s Couple Therapy Entertainment Complex
Every generation gets the iconic couples therapist it deserves.
Hannah ZeavinJun 14, 2021
- Cultural Studies
The Comedian in Pain
If our great comics have all been martyrs, maybe the great martyrs were also comics.
Jason CrawfordJun 8, 2021
- Cultural Studies
At Shul, We Drink Single Malt: On “A Fortress in Brooklyn”
An inquiry into a fierce culture war shines light on an insular sect of Judaism.
Laura E. AdkinsMay 26, 2021
- Cultural Studies
Academic Affects: A Conversation on Guilty Pleasures
Sarah Mesle talks with Arielle Zibrak, Ana Quiring, and Kyla Wazana Tompkins about the “bad” feelings of aesthetic experience.
Sarah MesleMay 18, 2021
- Cultural Studies
The Game of Critique
Andrew Fleshman reviews Patrick Jagoda’s “Experimental Games.”
Andrew FleshmanApr 4, 2021
- Cultural Studies
The Limits of Clean Lines: On Jordan Peterson’s “Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life”
David Wolpe looks at the new book from Jordan Peterson, “Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life.”
David WolpeMar 8, 2021
- Cultural Studies
Pronominal Strife
Bryan A. Garner considers "What’s Your Pronoun?," the recently published book by Dennis Baron.
Bryan A. GarnerFeb 27, 2021
Freethinkers Versus the Monsterverse: An Excerpt from “The New Enlightenment”
LARB presents an excerpt from Peter B. Kaufman’s “The New Enlightenment and the Fight to Free Knowledge.”
Peter B. KaufmanFeb 23, 2021
Pitching the Discipline
Sebastian Lecourt considers "Humanist Reason," the new book by Eric Hayot.
Sebastian LecourtFeb 17, 2021