We are reproducing social hierarchy through “admiration”
I agree with Kim Taylor Foster on this statement: ““The Riot Club is a much darker social commentary than you might expect.” ...
Psychosis
There is a torment in waiting for the psychosis to break. You can never heal completely from that wreck. I...
The Woman With Two Shadows
To the scenic world at large that are still suffering in silence, I say, break the silence; add a visible, outspoken voice. There are...
Hegemonic Power and Varieties of Neoliberalism
In a lecture delivered in Vienna in 1935, the German philosopher Edmund Husserl expressed an anxiety concerning the contemporary predicament of European humanity in...
Orange Is the New Black: should we laugh at women prisoners?
“I find it amusing as well as serious” – Thanyathon, a friend of mine gave out her opinion on Netflix’s TV series Orange is...
Reflections, Intentions
Greetings from New York City, and welcome to my column! Here, I write about new music and media, and people who create it. Thanks...
A Bipolar Self-Portrait
The reason I am writing this is to help someone who is in the same situation where I found myself eighteen years ago, so...
One town, many books
I’m a modern everyman. I make use of books to find for myself a dwelling place, if only a temporary one, within the pastiche...
In Praise of the Sleeping Woman as a Prophet -Part 2
Can we take violence from the magical design in the beauty of rain? The violence that we find within ourselves, on...
Blood Knot: Sleeping Woman as a Prophet, Part 1
I will not smile because that is not what attracts you to me. Instead it is fire. Instead it is sitting in the school...