We Have Met the Enemy
To find the villainous creditor class, we only have to look in the mirror. A review of Andrew Ross's Creditocracy
The World According to Modern Monetary Theory
Looking past money to the sovereign power that makes it valuable
Decolonizing Israel
The BDS movement is enjoying success because even at home, Zionists are beginning to lose the PR battle
Over Easy
Elite education may impoverish and indebt young women and do little to get them a job, but at least it makes their eggs valuable
The Whitney Biennial for Angry Women
Since 1932, the Whitney Biennial has been a crib sheet for the market trends of contemporary art in the United States. These are the Cliffs Notes to the guide
Buying the Future
Financialization depends on a standardized product. What happens when it’s applied to people?
You Are Too Much
The Overly Attached Girlfriend's desire isn't oriented towards sex or even a boyfriend; both are just means to maximal intensity of feeling
Hungry for Love
With art that hopes to go too far, who gets to ask for forgiveness instead of permission?
Don't Look Now
Fifty years ago today the New York Times made Kitty Genovese the archetype of urban apathy and violence. Now we know just how wrong they were
Baghdad, Utopia
The problem of exile: the real rupture happens when you return
Tracing Ana
How artist Ana Mendieta is unremembered
Cookie Cutters
Online advertising is a self-regulated industry, which means you tangle with it entirely on its terms
Death Stares
Reports of a general “death taboo” have been greatly exaggerated. But there remains a disconnect between the shiny and seemingly disembodied memorials on social media platforms and the presence of the corpse
Selfie Control
Different questions about consent emerge when the photographer is both subject and shooter
Of Being Numerous
We have not consented to our own constant surveillance, even if the way we live has produced it
What Happens in Girls Club
How one teacher stopped worrying and learned to love mean girls