Dark Pools
Narratives of financial complexity obscure how capitalist realisms are made—and might be unmade
Discipline and Pleasure
Is addiction a deeper form of distraction or a desperate escape from it? What the video game Dota 2 can teach us
Cooking Class
Though food writing has been an elite delicacy for most of history, for a brief moment it became a middle-class staple
The Birth of a Beauty Criticism
Appearance is no longer just a topic for fashion ads and how-to guides
Manual Override
The history of sabotage is the history of capitalism unmaking itself
Reform School
Capitalists will constantly seek to reshape schooling because their labor supply can always be more efficient
Political Vernaculars: Freedom and Love
New languages untethered to the state can help us imagine how we want to live with each other
A Taste of Cesium
Amid the fallout of Fukushima, ten ostriches heralded Japan's transformation into an authority on nuclear safety
Solving Desire
Why does “female Viagra” target women’s minds when men’s treatments for sexual dysfunction target their physical performance?
Naked Criticism
Critics should get to the point and tell us their dreams.
Airplane Reading, Rarified
A first-class in-flight magazine makes you feel like you belong in the sky
Joe Cool
Why isn't the popular grocery store Trader Joe's on social media?
Closing the Loop
Reclaiming a (digital) black female subjectivity will require moving away from the politics of the selfie
More Could Have Happened With That Subplot
Wynne Greenwood, the performance artist behind Tracy + the Plastics, wants to chat on Hangouts
Draw the Line
Displacement won’t be stopped unless new residents of gentrifying neighborhoods join the organizing efforts that already exist
Opening the Gate
The Ivorian novelist Edwige Renée-DRO talks about the wealth of writing talent and the weakness of Africa’s publishing infrastructure