Permanent Records
Kids are uploading their adolescence in real-time, and the Internet refuses to forget. Will it change the way we live as adults?
Fist to Brain
The boxing ring is a ritual space dedicated to the vulnerable materiality of the human brain
Wordly Treasures
The colonized owe nothing, not even words, to their colonizers
Panpsychism's Labyrinth
Steven Shaviro's new book teaches us how to navigate in a world where objects are peers
Cartooning the Body
The rise of cartoon imagery in contemporary art mirrors the ways capitalism has made us all malleable
Adventures in Candyland
Tom McCarthy’s new novel is attentive to the fibers of our social networks, but forgetful of its fleshy reader
Scary Negroes with Guns
The imaginary guns that white people perceive in black hands reveal a longstanding fear of black resistance
Droning On
An attempt to theorize the drone fails to keep its target in its sights.
The Real Image
For someone with schizoaffective disorder, blockbuster films can be far too realistic
Nice to Meat You
An excerpt from the forthcoming book Creepiness
Teenage Screams
Sofia Coppola’s oeuvre dramatizes the emotional reality of adolescence without the condescension that comes from age
Osmic Frequencies
The controversy over how we smell says as much about olfaction as it does about science
Bad Vibes
Casting some bodies as inherently rational and others as incapable of true speech makes those with bodies most at risk for harm unable to protest
City of Brotherly Love
HBO’s Looking is an advertisement for a gentrified San Francisco masquerading as a portrait of contemporary gay life.
In His Own Image
What makes trans men cool? Gender dysphoria is real, but so are the consequences of a minimum wage job. Why is only one sexy enough for a party?
Manifesto of the Committee to Abolish Outer Space
There’s nothing there already