Soft Rebellion
Han Han's half a billion blog followers include liberals who hope the acerbic young rebel will grow more brave or serious. But Han Han parries with equal parts modesty, disdain and defeat.
Dark Pages
In the years since his death, not even literature has been able to countenance colonial whistle-blower and traitor to the crown Roger Casement's affinity for penises
Sowing Scarcity
In capitalism’s inverted world, scarcity grows on trees while resources are blithely wasted
The Dandelion and the Lucky Peach
The distance between Juzo Itami's Tampopo and David Chang's Lucky Peach illustrates how far American food culture has come since the movie was first released
Workingman's Bread
For 19th century culinary expert Juliet Corson, radical economics began at home
The Ardor of Secession
We come, then, to the secret meaning of the secessionist petitions: They evince not a rejection of, but a desperation for, an intimate union with the state.
Follow The Leader
How does a religion centered on holy materiality adapt to the virtual?
Wrong Ways to Eat
Despite the history of socially sanctioned feasts and fasts, we're quick to pathologize women who eat inconsistently. Why do women need a good reason to devour?
Party TV
China Central Television is the most important television network you’ve never heard of, but not for long...
Baby Daddies and Dandy Scandals
Aristocratic gossip has always been at odds with the absolute discretion expected of the ruling class
The Flies That Bind
On at least the third death of Salvagepunk, and with it we notice that we’re not alone
Hi Haters!
The metaphor of microfame and the structure of feeling of social-media use
Growing Up TV
The last role of a child star is always collapse
The Laughing Indian
Sherman Alexie trades the stoic Indian stereotype for another, but do his jokes tickle or unsettle?
The Streets of Spain
A report from Madrid's 14 November general strike
Looking Through You
Transparency as aesthetic feature, transparency as disposition, transparency as force