Tag: capitalism

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Fuck The Vessel

Kate Wagner

March 21, 2019

The Vessel is a structure that invites parody . . .

Sleeping Rough in the Mattress Economy

Ed Burmila

December 17, 2018

We've lowered the bar of aspirational living from condos to mattresses.

The Archivists of Extinction

Kate Wagner

October 19, 2018

In an era of capitalist ruin, we need an architectural history of the people.

Fresh Hell

The Baffler

August 10, 2018

The EPA, doing asbestos they can.

Hockey Sausage

Nathan Kalman-Lamb

May 03, 2018

The first round of the NHL playoffs are over and you’ll forgive me if I feel a little like I’ve just returned from ancient Rome. Postseason hockey resembles nothing more than the gladiatorial sacrifices of the Colosseum. Year after year, popular media and fans alike ...

I Dream of Content-Trash

Zachariah Webb

April 25, 2018

The Dream Machine, a new Instagram-thing, makes a mockery of our dreams and imaginations.

Reading like a Bureaucrat

Merve Emre

December 04, 2017

“Perhaps it is just as well that writers do not have political power,” wrote Steinbeck after receiving ideas from Faulkner.

The Longest Miles

James White

November 28, 2017

I convinced myself of an extreme position, that the miles racket could be manipulated to turn the tables on the free market.

Panic in Textopolis

Nathaniel Friedman

November 22, 2017

Roundly criticized, yet supposedly anodyne, "The Emoji Movie" is a capitalist trojan horse for the grade school set.

Zucktown, USA

Julianne Tveten

September 27, 2017

American tech giants are now building their own company towns.

Stormbound

Sarah Gerard

September 22, 2017

Never in fifty years of living in the Sunshine State had they seen anything like Irma.

In Defense of the Money Phone

Niela Orr

July 31, 2017

JAY-Z has come out against the ostentatious kitsch of rap’s nouveau riche. We prefer the money phone.