Guy Fucks: Burn the effigy
Do we burn an effigy of Guy Fawkes on Bonfire Night? The Pope? Or our conception of the person represented?
You’re the kinderwhore and I’m Miss World: Courtney we Love you
First came the Madonna-whore then came the kinderwhore. But it’s not that complex. What does it take for a woman to challenge conventional beauty standards without men sexualising her right back in to them? Why do they get what they want, then never want it again?
The search for polyamorous art
Challengers couldn’t do bisexuality nor polyamory properly, but maybe the circus can.
More than an Obsession: A guide to contemporary horror media
From popular biennial films and the classic jumpscare to uneasy video games and online miniseries weaponising nostalgia, this horror connoisseur reflects on their favourite modern horror media and the modern fears it preys on.
Appropriating Transhumanism
Palantir made a jacket and the only recourse is bodily mutilation.
Arcadia: Or, The Play You Have to See This Summer
Seldom do I come across a play that inspires me so deeply, I find I must go out and buy a copy of the script. I love theatre, and I love reading, but for some reason I am happy to leave most plays at the stage door. The ephemerality of
Against Efficiency
The aim of life is not merely to function well, but to become whole.
Choosing to Be a Man: A Review of Martin Luke Brown’s man oh man!
What does it mean to choose to be a man today? Martin Luke Brown turns toward vulnerability, reflection, and empathy.
The Firebird at the Southbank Centre
Saturday 18th saw the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Southbank Centre play Igor Stravinsky’s 1910 ballet The Firebird, his first of many orchestral pieces commissioned by the Ballets Russes, and my personal favourite. Being something of a classical music fan, I went along to my first major performance of
Who gets to design the world?
Design and Disability: a probing V&A exhibit interrogating design justice
Review: Secret Love by Dry Cleaning
If I wrote this review in the style of Dry Cleaning’s latest album, Secret Love, it would be very dry, persistently sardonic, and ultimately, a very draining read. You’d read the first paragraph and decide to stop reading because you know the rest of the review isn’t
How to be PRETTY4U
What does it mean to be pretty, or even hyperpop pretty, in the hyperindividualist 2020s?