New Sci-fi Media, Anti-Hauntology, and the Future of Cinema

Faceshopping: Deconstructed Club and the Queer Futurity In February 2021, after electronic musician SOPHIE’s death, Matt Bluemink wrote a blog Continue reading →

Memes and Flames: The Aesthetics of the Gen Z Uprising

“The youth of Morocco carries the message of a nation,” reads an open letter from the Gen Z 212 movement Continue reading →

Empire of Sounds: Reconstructing the Japanese Pop of the 1980s

The anime Megazone 23, directed and written by Ishiguro Noboru and produced in 1985, can be cited as an example Continue reading →

Reflections on the Death of Music Journalism

News of the mass of layoffs by Condé Nast, as well as discourse on the decline of music journalism and Continue reading →

James Joyce’s Real-Life Hero

Leopold Bloom is the fictional hero of Joyce’s Ulysses but it was Paul Léon who embodied heroic qualities for real Continue reading →

A Column of Cloud and a Column of Fire: Dimitris Lyacos’ Poena Damni

I One of the most original and significant texts to have come out of Europe in the past generation is Continue reading →

Barbie & Dragons: On the Subversion of Play

A child aimlessly moves their toy train in circles, oblivious to the realities of transportation. In play, the models move Continue reading →

The Difficult Art of Being Human: Reflections on Homer’s Odyssey

The Odyssey is a masterpiece of Western literature. Even those who never read any of it know what it’s all Continue reading →