‘The Restless Clock’ Will Have You Pondering the Matter of Matter
History of science professor Dr. Jessica Riskin examines how we banished agency from the science of living things.
Sara Rodrigues
When Things Get Ugly
The slipperiness of ugliness is the interesting thing about it; ugliness is a transitory marker that contains the possibility to be both harmful and enabling.
Is There a Solution for the PhD Problem?
If I manage to complete my PhD, this credential will be supplemented by a CV full of exciting accomplishments and experiences, but it will have come at a significant price.
Judith Butler’s Latest on Making and Unmaking the Self
The essays in Senses of the Subject taken together, explore the ways in which human passions (e.g., touch; desire), influence the formation of the subject.
Israel, Palestine, and the Visual Administration of Occupation
Attending to the visual practices that regulate the Israeli occupation of Palestine, Gil Hochberg’s Visual Occupations opens up new ways of seeing life under occupation.
On the Very Bones of the Wireless World
The Undersea Network changes our imagination of communications infrastructure, revealing how culture, politics and geography interrelate in the global circulation of technology.
‘People of the Twenty-First Century’ Reveals Just How Invisible Our Clothes Make Us
Hans Eijkelboom’s approach to street style photography is effective because it parodies the unique-individual-who-stands-out-in-a-crowd trope.
‘Yes Please’ Is White Liberal Feminism in Full Force
Yes Please is an honest but dull book that embraces the politics, and thereby the problems, of white liberal feminism.
‘Sexuality’ and Art as a Dynamic Force
This excellent collection, expertly curated by Amelia Jones, brings together the core ideas that inform the relationship between contemporary art and human sexuality.
David Bowie’s Affective Relationship With the Remarkable, Schizophrenic City of Berlin
Tobias Rüther’s exploration of Bowie’s artistic and personal development in mid-'70s Berlin offers few cogent insights and a confusing timeline of an artist in a city.
On Running Face First Into the Walls of the Ivory Tower
An epistolary novel set within a literally crumbling ivory tower, Dear Committee Members is a smart, wry, and all-too-realistic look into contemporary academic life.
Elliot Smith: Beyond the Persona
Leaving behind spectacle and sensation, Torment Saint offers a compassionate and measured portrayal of late singer-songwriter Elliott Smith.