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June 12, 2024
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Theory Damaged
June 11, 2024
Is something wrong with queer theorists?
Human Velocity
June 07, 2024
A conversation with Michael Waters, the author of “The Other Olympians.”
Wonder Woman
June 06, 2024
Twee isn’t always a pejorative, but it’s not a compliment either.
Spreadsheet Assassins
June 05, 2024
The SaaS-y grifters of Silicon Valley.
It’s the Real Thing!
May 29, 2024
Realism, optimized.
When Health Care Crowdfunding Fails
May 24, 2024
Talking GoFundMe with Nora Kenworthy.
Do Not Attempt to Adjust Your Book
Plenty of novels become films—but what of the films that become novels?
Hag About Town
May 22, 2024
Robert Plunket’s “Love Junkie” puts bite back into queer literature.
Black Hole Sun
May 21, 2024
In eclipse tourism, the sublime brushes up against the obscene.
The Workers: An Essai
Money is a surrogate for language
The Fear and the Fix
May 15, 2024
How mainstream environmentalism fell under the sway of benign reformism