Society & Culture

The Imagined Journals of Sylvia Plath

The page frees me in a sense, in ways I cannot describe. I write and that is my life. I am a mother and...

In Defense of Self-Determination and Political Will

Defense of what he calls a ‘neo-Jacobin’ conception of democracy and political will is increasingly urgent today, argues Professor Peter Hallward. A Canadian political...

Climate change part of systemic failure: Democracy, Equality, Survival

How 28th March Started Changing Everything We’re living in a broken system: the war on terror, the Great Recession, the climate crisis and a...

Generation of massive consumption and waste

On timetable is confrontment with the truth. Answer to yourself how many things you have in your life that you actual do not use...

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...

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