“The diva is so often seen as remote and unattainable and onstage; I wanted to see how divas allow for a connection.”
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Speak, Mario?
If video games work generally as showcases of players’ ability, then why has the ability to speak fluently been relatively unnecessary for the medium’s icons?
Civility and/or Social Change?
“Agreeing to disagree” requires tolerating the intolerable.
Beyond the Doom Loop of High Theory
If paradox can be toxic, what’s the antidote?
B-Sides: Gloria Steinem’s “The Beach Book”
In Gloria Steinem’s now-forgotten first book, she offers detailed instructions on how to build a sandcastle, how to tan, how to peel if you burn, and more.
Trapped Inside with Bo Burnham
Autofiction like Burnham’s—or Wallace’s, or Lerner’s—show white men using irony, self-deprecation, and vulnerability. Should we listen?
Nuclear Noir
At its core, noir is a feeling: realizing one’s own helplessness, when faced with the vast networks of power that control everyday life.
Be Kind, Rewind
Biologists use the term endling to refer to the last remaining member of a particular species. As of May 2019, there is only one remaining Blockbuster video store left, located in Bend, Oregon ...
The Netflix Queen
“Royal watching of the House of Windsor in multiple media across the world never disappears from public view.”