Culture Trust

Columns

Gimmicks of Future Past

Sean Tatol

September 17, 2024

The work of art in the age of the gimmick.

Elevate Me Later

John Semley

September 12, 2024

Elevated, gentrified horror cinema has worn out its welcome.

A Foot in the Door

Theodore McCombs

September 09, 2024

For queer Catholics, an acceptance conditioned on concealment rebuilds the closet.

Happy Ending

Sascha Cohen

September 05, 2024

Charlotte Shane’s journey from webcam model to escort to contented wife.

My First Review

Arielle Isack

August 15, 2024

Abandon hope, all ye whose hours of daily screen time are in the single digits.

Ultimate Chutzpah

Sanders Isaac Bernstein

August 13, 2024

Canetti acquiesces to death no ability to create meaning.

Infra-ordinary People

Cara Blue Adams

August 08, 2024

The anthropology of everyday life.

The Composer Has No Clothes

Jeffrey Arlo Brown

July 31, 2024

The rot at the heart of the classical music industry.

The Eyes of Lacy

Moeko Fujii

July 18, 2024

How does a girl’s gaze grow up?

Ritualistic Postures

Jeremy Lybarger

July 10, 2024

You don’t look at her art so much as wait for its disclosures.

Superflux of Fucking

Grayson Scott

July 08, 2024

Where better to hide revolutionary opinions than under a pile of smut?

James Chance, 1953–2024

Lucy Sante

July 03, 2024

James Chance personified punk rock’s punk rock