BlacKkKlansman – Derivative And Reflexive
A dollop of preaching. The film won’t let go of the racial line, not even after having set up characters whose MO is post-racial […]
Roused By Fear Of A Blank Planet
This album was responsible for lifting me from the dumps eleven years ago — rough, depressive, sharp as nails […]
When An Actor Is ‘Not Gay’ And An Actress Is ‘Not Gay Enough’
British comedian Jack Whitehall is going to play Disney’s first gay character, and instead of fans hailing the occasion as a breakthrough moment in cinema, […]
The New Censorship: Not An Option
Where does it stop? How many authors and artists and other figureheads must fall before the madness subsides? […]
The New Censorship: Defacement
Most of history doesn’t fit in with the present. That much we can agree on. But we can’t rewrite everything to suit the […]
Claiming One’s Destiny
‘That the Indians were you!’ […]
On Writing And Cutting: Don’t Get Too Comfortable
The text reads well. Still, I cut it. Thick black strikethrough lines from end to end — then started a new draft on the […]
Rabid Omnivores
Here’s a fact: We are ruled by monkeys. That either makes us monkeys, or it makes us creatures over whom monkeys rule […]
Croatian National Football And Genocidal Regimes
Always good to see the French beating crypto-Nazis. Vive la Resistance! For those of you wondering what the hell I’m doing mixing politics and sports […]
Humanity’s Problem
They say that true totalitarianism, oppression, and overall exploitation are invisible when at their peak, like water is to […]
