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Skin Feeling

By Sofia SamatarSeptember 25, 2015
What it is to be encountered as a surface, to be constantly exposed as something you are not.
Essays & Reviews

A Form of Faith

By Rachel Elizabeth JonesApril 27, 2015
Memorial altars in Los Angeles offer resistance to the digital
Essays & Reviews

Haven in a Homeless World

By Aaron Miguel CantúNovember 14, 2014
In Downtown Los Angeles, the homeless rub elbows with finance capital, but the developers want new neighbors.
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Walking in L.A.

By Patrick DisselhorstNovember 10, 2014
Freeways are a metonym for Los Angeles anomie and sprawl. Thom Andersen’s 2010 film Get Out of the Car shows how the city transcends them
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Thirst Trap

By Lauren O'NealNovember 6, 2014
The Silicon Valley initiative to split California into six pieces was a stunt, but the water issues it drew from are real
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