Blood and Glory
After 9/11, the bodies at Ground Zero were made heroic; the immigrant bodies that cleaned them up, less so
The Clock Inside Us
Once a weapon to combat idleness, the clock has become a prosthesis, augmenting the human body to override its need for rest
Lying Like Cuttlefish
Fantasies of life-like machines decouple life from living. It is only from the position of being stuck in the world that we learn to engage with it anew
Bodies of Water
Disappearance is not just a euphemism for state murder; it’s intrinsic to capitalism’s need for disposable classes
Bad Vibes
Casting some bodies as inherently rational and others as incapable of true speech makes those with bodies most at risk for harm unable to protest
Host in the Shell
Immune systems don’t make for clean narratives, even as we expect them to keep us pure