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Consider the Dinosaur
Toward a philosophy of the asteroid
From beyond the grave, the dinosaurs tell us we need a philosophy of the asteroid.
Well That Doesn’t Sound Like Fun
On boredom, board games, and Debord
It’s long past time to stop treating games as a narrative medium. What is important in a game is not what it says but what it does.
A Political History of the NFL Jersey
The evolution of the professional football jersey tracks that of racial capitalism, technology, and empire
In its design and symbolism as much as its materials and production, the NFL jersey is an artifact of an industrial society shaped by racism and capitalism.
Steamroomography
An annotated guide to gay cruising in New York City steam rooms
Men have had sex with each other in public spaces since time immemorial. This sensual essay explores how they've done so in New York, from personal experience.
Buy Boltcutters!
Robert Evans and journalism as activism
Robert Evans has become a fixture of not only the Portland antifascist scene but the press corps too.
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Genesis
A short story
“But you’re still alive ain’t ya?” A story of North Carolina.
Great minds are not like ordinary people; theydo not wash socks or remember birthdays.They see clear through one aspect of the world, socks and all. The aspect furls and stretches like a catbaked in sunlight. Or molten glasspulled like hot caramel in cool stone hands. I have known three Great...
In the Domain of the Unknown
From death mask to CPR manikin, L'Inconnue de la Seine is a mythic symbol of our attempts to grapple with death - or reverse it.
A drowned Victorian teen, her medical manikin doppelganger, and their enduring entanglement with the question: “Can death be undone?”
