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On the “cruel indifference” of France’s Catholic Church.
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After Eden
October 07, 2021
Traversing the scarred landscapes of Jean Giono’s Provence.
Molecules and Vectors
October 06, 2021
On Noel Ignatiev’s radical, lifelong commitments.
The Toll of Toil
October 05, 2021
On August 29, as United States’ twenty-year war in Afghanistan lurched to a close, the Pentagon fired a Hellfire missile from a drone to strike suspected Islamic State militants. The missile used in the airstrike, an R9X, has been touted variously for its ability to pinpoint ...
Fresh Hell
October 01, 2021
By Your Side
Earlier this year, a British police officer kidnapped, raped, and strangled thirty-three-year-old Sarah Everard before incinerating her corpse and dumping it in a pond. That officer, sworn to uphold fundamental human rights and accord equal respect to all people in ...
Who Needs the Office?
The pandemic has led to a reluctance to get back into the rat race.
Greenwashing the Military-Industrial Complex
October 01, 2021
One of the world’s worst emitters makes climate change a “priority.”
Fleur Jaeggy’s Mourning Exercise
September 30, 2021
On the rain-soaked tribute of The Water Statues.
A Contemporary Novel
heeds no council, offers no rawsolutions, is part and parcel of actionsthat were not taken.
Finding out who the killer isis not the point of the murderin the opening scene.
For the third time my handsalter the female protagonistbefore the novel even begins.
In her ...
Body Horror
September 28, 2021
In April, my city was occupied—again. It’s a bodily thing: you see soldiers with the same weapons used in mass shootings cradled in their arms, you see their armored transports camouflaged for occupied deserts, and you are overcome. To walk to the grocery store means ...
Influencer Society and Its Future
September 27, 2021
Get Tedpilled on Unabomber stan TikTok.
Fresh Hell
September 24, 2021
Galactic Empire Chic
The loathsome trash storm of New York Fashion Week has come and gone, but only this week, at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space, and Cyber Conference in glamorous Maryland, was next season’s hottest look unveiled. We speak, of course, of the U.S. ...