Dune Part Two and the Return of Socialist Realism We are living through an era of thudding cultural literalism. In our narrative products (movies, TV and to a lesser but noticeable extent, novels) that has meant that instead of story we get plot, premise and lore, dialogue is replaced by
Critiques of Biden for his age and memory have been all the rage this year. The shocking success of eugenic ableism about the pandemic has taught the media and political classes a valuable lesson: if you want to do a fascism, attack the old, disabled and physically vulnerable. Going after
Here's a small piece of speculative fiction about a group of lesbian space-pirate revolutionaries, available in full for all paying members. Enjoy! The thing that had really made Nova angry was space junk. Space junk. It wasn't enough to destroy the wonder and mystery of the
What if Teddy Bear Was Creepy!?!?! An important thing to know is that movies are bad. If, like me, you spend more time watching, thinking, writing and talking about movies than almost anything else, you end up in one of two places. You either believe movies are good, one of
Today, in the lead up to the State of the Union address, the White House leaked that Biden would announce they’d be building a floating rig in the Mediterranean to provide aide to Palestinians in Gaza. This floating aide platform will take weeks to build, weeks during which more
Hi Everyone! You may notice that this is coming to you from a different domain: I have (I hope successfully? I'm bad at computers, part of my struggle to tear down trans girl stereotypes) moved my newsletter over to Ghost. The last few months I have felt very
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Fire is all that makes sense
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My first short story got published and you can read it now
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Shouting hello from the deepest, dankest writing hole
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For Alfredo Bonanno
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Burning down a world without justice (CW: extreme self-harm)
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Diversity of Aesthetics Vol. III with Art Worker's Inquiry