Privacy for Whom?
Two new books show that for the poor, privacy has never been on offer
The White Man’s Boredom
Governing empire was deadening to its administrators, and lethal to its victims
Whistleblowers Get the Bullet, Too
Coming forward with the state's secrets is not a ticket to absolution
This Week in Art Crime
...In an ongoing case, Australian artist Paul Yore is facing child pornography charges following complaints concerning his work in a group show on view last year at Melbourne’s...
Terrifying Robot Update!
...you know I didn’t think there were hummingbirds in this part of OH MY GOD ITS A FUCKING SPY ROBOT GET DOWN Kill it kill it kill it (via)...
Vagina Analogues
...for being who we are. Like vibrators, drones will inevitably proliferate far beyond the clinical confines of their original use. The devices of warmaking have already bled into amusement culture,...
August 9th, 2014
There is always going to be something outside, waiting to kill us all
Droning On
...protagonist pilot humanize, images of him playing video games create the metonymic link with the daily task of screen watching. His grizzled commander is cynical and jaundiced, “point, click, kill,...
Some observations on Taiye Selasi's "Driver"
...Ufortunately, the story is not open-access, though Audible.com.au appears to have a free download of the podcast version of it. It may surprise you to learn that Taiye...
The Secret Shopper
...always used to justify precarious labor. “You are free to turn down any job that doesn’t interest you,” promises MysteryShoppersAmerica.com. “You are always free to take off as much time...
Gotta Have a Code
...Donnie would live forever). When I asked for his email, he quickly replied, ‘It's donnell loves fran at [...] dot com.' Real recognizes real, as he used to say....
Poor Sleeping Habits
...Dutt song from the 1951 film Baazi plays in the background. The repetitive, broken recordings of 1950s Bollywood film songs shaped the radio-listening culture of Mumbai, haunting the urban sounds...
The 2014 TNI Awards
...in our bones, organs, and muscles until their payment comes due in our inevitable deaths, how would we understand our relation to art, culture, ideas, and politics? Without further ado,...
Ms. America
...impressed tourist. Affectless without irony, full of pop-symbolism that refuses to signify, perhaps an American culture drained of all moral qualities or ethical commitments is worth holding onto. A finally...
How to Win Tinder
...kill. Meeting IRL: wham, pow, ya dead. I “killed it” one Sunday morning when I was messaging with three women — complete strangers — simultaneously, in bed, ignoring the world...
The More Things Change
...would kill the blaze. But they felt a compromise was necessary. They bowed to the disapproval of a public that felt ignored and took measures that they themselves knew to...