Letter to a Young Baby
Don’t kid yourself, it’s a job
The Untrustworthy Reader
Renata Adler the novelist trusts her readers to sift detail, make inferences, read against the grain of the narrative voice.
Dry Bones Breathe
Recovering writers like Henry Dumas from oblivion is a way to alter black destiny.
Beach Generation
Cheap air travel and freedom of movement within the EU are bound up with the violent policing of its borders
Under the Rainbow
Modern queer politics forged itself against Blackness. Where will it go next?
Fitted
Activity trackers train users to love lives that are all work
The Mirror Stage
A classic graphic novel expresses a contradiction at the heart of sexuality
City of the Moon
In Jericho, Palestinians find a resort from their occupations
Managing Hearts with Kim and Flo
Casual games mirror women’s work, teaching their players that affective labor counts
Swimming Class
To clean the unwashed masses, American social reformers built public pools. You will believe what happened next.
Kid Stuff
If childhood is supposed to be a time for play, why do today’s kids spend so much time working?
Sci-Fi Crime Drama With A Strong Black Lead
A new crime investigation technology generates suspect sketches from genetic material left at the scene, but this big data tool is based on old racialism
Socializing the Dark Web
Can there be social networking among the pseudonymous?
Spinoza in a T-Shirt
A manifesto for designs that do not know what bodies aren’t
Open Channels
Fan fiction is more than a genre. It's a technology for generating new feelings out of old texts.
Against Students
Complaining, censorious, and over-sensitive, university students are destroying their own institutions. Wait, seriously? People think that?