A Vessel Among Vessels: For Laura Aguilar
Memories of a dyke bar in East LA conjure and are conjured by the work of Laura Aguilar
Factory Made
A history of modernity as a history of factories struggles to see beyond their walls
Secret Catalan Poem
The dark, heavy energy of paranoia, fear, and defense; the protective nature of shelter, housing, and land re-appropriation
Hurt People
The state cannot destroy us the way we destroy each other
The Body in Painlessness
The subversive potential of pain set into motion the forces that created the opioid crisis
The Tuition Limit and the Coming Crisis of Higher Education
What happens to higher education when universities can no longer hike tuition?
Bring Herman Home
In response to vengeful threats from the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, a coalition of public officials, artists, activists, formerly incarcerated people, and crime survivors calls to maintain the planned release of former Black Panther Herman Bell.
Our Nukes, Ourselves
Nuclear heritage and nuclear stewardship in a quiet desert town
Warcare Industries
K-beauty’s explosive popularity is wartime beauty recalibrating for an era of endless war, where civilians can best aid the war effort by behaving as though there isn’t one
Canceled Message (Part Three)
How to erase yourself (almost) completely
Women’s Work in Natural History Museums
By Jenna Tonn
Crafting Quantum Theory: Margrethe Bohr and the Labor of Theoretical Physics
By Megan Shields Formato
Yellow Fever
Desire is something that’s irrational, and often delusional.
Matchmaking
A good online-dating profile strategy, like a strong brand, turns a suspect into a prospect, and a prospect into a buyer
“the work”
What is "the work"?
Crushed…
Crushing lays bare the potential of boundless desire, enabling us to embrace brutal vulnerabilities that are often subordinated to everyday expediency