The Agoraphobic Fantasy of Tradlife
In an increasingly expensive and antisocial world, tradwives forsake life with others for the lonely, constrictive spaces of bourgeois ownership.
Fall 2025
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Iran’s Cinema of Resistance
Independent filmmakers offer a vital portal into the struggle against the theocratic regime.
Con City
If it is actually built, Akon City will be a monument to capital, excess, and waste.
Masters of None
The White House MasterClass series is a symptom of a moribund political culture in which power transforms a person into a celebrity.
The Lost Art of Looking at Nature
While David Attenborough’s work rarely gives center stage to climate change, his project has always been to shift how humans relate to nature.
The Art of War
Like almost every other war film, The Battle at Lake Changjin is less a work of art than a social engineering project.
Therapy With a Human Face
The feminization of therapy is crucial to understanding how it became both devalued and out of reach.
Maybe We Could Be Each Other’s Moms
The core spirit of Sex Education, easily missed on account of its boisterous sex-positivity, is the sophisticated sexual prudence of Generation Z.
Permission to Imagine
A new collection of Stuart Hall’s writing offers a guide to the limits of representation in building anti-racist politics.
Escape from Adjunct Hell
Academia once seemed to provide an escape from capitalism. Two new novels question the very concept of refuge itself.
The Art of Obstruction
A new art project uses the legal system of mineral rights as a means to block oil and gas extraction.
Adam Curtis’s Theory of Everything
Adam Curtis’s latest film paints a picture of the world that is so complex, so dense, and so theoretical that the prospect of real change appears nearly impossible.
A Friend to the Dissidents
The late Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal said his style was a “defense against politics.” But by collecting and describing the debris of life, he made the everyday seem mythic and earned the affection of the dissident movement.
Cult Capitalism
To understand how NXIVM’s members went from the pursuit of professional success to facilitating and enduring horrific wrongs requires examining the world of contemporary business from which the cult emerged.
Emotions on Strike
Burnout is not a problem we can individually solve. It is a symptom of a world set up to exhaust us to the point where we cannot resist.
