culture

In the Dreamspace with Twitchy Witch

How the West's refusal to integrate death brings it closer to us all

Oct 9, 2024 •

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Anne Hathaway's New Film is Delicious Propaganda

Less delightful: the Don't Worry Darling aftertaste it leaves in your mouth

Jun 8, 2024 •

The Met Gala's Hidden Metaphor

John Galliano, bombs over Rafah, antisemitism, and J.G. Ballard's The Garden of Time

May 8, 2024 •

The Truth Emerges: Free Palestine

It's not complicated, it's colonial-capitalism

Nov 3, 2023 •

The World Is Built Out of Stories

The world we live in is built out of story.

Oct 30, 2023 •

Demand Ceasefire Now: Free Palestine

Oct 18, 2023 •

The Carrier Bag of Barbie

Greta Gerwig's take on Barbie and the power of cultural devices

Jul 27, 2023 •

The Real Lord of the Flies

Now that we know dystopia is not inevitable, can we investigate why we’ve come to believe that it is?

Jun 15, 2023 •

The Real Problem Is in the Hearts of Men

We must realize that we cannot simultaneously plan for war and peace

Jun 2, 2023 •

How to Blow Up a Pipeline (Film Review)

"Climate" activists have never felt so seen

Apr 21, 2023 •

Unpacking the Stories Handed To Us As Scripts

Dating in the Multiverse: When the angry commenters on YouTube are kind of right

Mar 29, 2023 •

What is Measured and What is Owed?

Reading Sarah Polley's "The Woman Who Stayed Silent"

Jan 12, 2023

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