Paradoxes: On Suicide and Literature
...is only being. A tree, for instance, is merely a bit of undifferentiated matter when it is unnamed. Strictly speaking, it is inaccurate to say “tree” or even “undifferentiated matter”...
War Comes Home for Dinner
...greens that can sit around without going bad both reduce food waste and the frequency of shopping trips. But unbridled efficiency comes with its own mix of risks and sacrifices....
Beauty Blogosphere 12.7.12
...with the Richard Cohen/James Bond "sexual meritocracy" bit, are we? Good. Then allow me to point you toward Ta-Nehisi Coates's piece on "democracy and the inalienable right to hit that."...
I Felt Myself
An excerpt from The Ribbon at Olympia’s Throat, translated by Christine Pichini
Core Values
..., a pale yellow-skinned apple splashed and striped with two shades of red, and the Cabbage-Head, a vigorous grower and good bearer whose flesh, though a bit coarse, was juicy,...
♫ Roxane ♫
...attorney or the magical negro—roles relegated to the background and completely lacking in authenticity, depth, or complexity.” Viola Davis calls these roles, “the fried-chicken special of the day” that “hold...
Arguing the Web (3): Post-Text
...passive, the other archaically physical. The record, not the remix, is the anomaly today. The remix is the very nature of the digital.” Gibson’s wording is a bit extreme. What...
Got No Shame, Got No Pride
...male model out of International Male. Faith-era George Michael seems to owe a bit of a debt to Bonnet. The startling conceptual departure that Bonnet marked merely through his physical...
Can the Subaltern Vote?
In 2016, the Democratic Party started seeing Muslims as voters, but that’s not necessarily a favor
The Paper Chase
...so wildly in price. But it’s simply wrong to imagine that the history of alternative currency begins with Bitcoin, and it’s potentially harmful to ignore the much more progressive, community...
On the Variety of Ways to Not Praise Charlie Hebdo
...conclusion. I also sympathize with what they are trying to do, which makes me a bit uncomfortable. The way efforts to be antiracist become racist in practice is the farce...
The Future, Probably
...overpriced pieces of space-kitch and fake fur boleros. Yes, the lumpen shop fronts with their weird plaster statues of boots and bangles really did look a bit like they'd been...
Ramadan Diaries: Analysis
...the idea of Rumi as a historical figure lodged itself into my thoughts. His name is often casually mentioned (a bit too casually) in conversations about mindfulness, or some other...
Picture Pluperfect
...now consider us, positioning ourselves precisely away from the complexities of reality and staring into our glowing, well-connected digital Claude-glass screens. This is contrary to the belief that the Internet...
Alone Again Or
...bit creepy. He leaves her with a present: a colorful beanie with a visor. But there are no womp womp sound effects; the story closes with, “She had no idea...
Beauty Blogosphere 7.13.12
...vaguely "empowering" but that, in truth, is anything but—and that caters more to a male fantasy of female power than women's actual fantasies of their own power. Wee bit of...