Cultural Studies
"Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors." — Simone Weil
Social Mobility and Stagnation
How the university entrance exam and residency permits structure life for in China.
Susan Blumberg-KasonFeb 16
The Crisis at the Heart of Modernity
Terry Eagleton’s recent book employs his trademark witty style in an attempt to say something new about the era that birthed modernism.
Arleen IonescuFeb 9
What Comes First, the House or the Haunting?
‘Silk & Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror from the Asian Diaspora,’ a new anthology edited by Kristy Park Kulski, uses storytelling to demonstrate why ‘the ghosts of our futures cannot just be entities that lurk in the background.’
Jered MabaquiaoFeb 7
Mama Don’t Take My Chromophobia Away
Pantone’s 2026 Color of the Year is selling us a white fantasy.
Lida Zeitlin-WuFeb 4
The End of Psychiatry (Kind Of)
Neurologist Pria Anand lauds Khameer Kidia’s new dissection of Western psychiatric imperialism.
Pria AnandFeb 3
Sister Acts: Why Nuns Are Showing Up Everywhere
What’s familiar and what’s new about our current fascination with the figure and the mystery of the nun, from Rosalía to self-help books.
Alexandra VeriniJan 28
Toward a More Creative Vampirism
Radu Jude’s ‘Dracula’ shines sunlight on the vampirism of cinematic AI and the ways studios have bled the vampire IP dry.
Ryan BedsaulJan 26
Tricksters and the Spirit World
Julian Brave NoiseCat discusses ‘We Survived the Night,’ his genre-bending revival of the ‘Coyote epic,’ with Leila Nadir.
Leila NadirJan 24
Opposition Party
In 2025, television offered a primer in principled dissent.
Elizabeth AlsopJan 22
Hella Hitler
Andrew Holter revisits ‘The California Reich’ 50 years on and considers the legacy of the neo-Nazi documentary.
Andrew HolterJan 8
Designing Feminism or Fascism?
Harley Wong on fashion designer Dilara Findikoglu’s ‘Cage of Innocence’ presentation in light of Edith Wharton’s fiction.
Harley WongDec 29, 2025
Mug Shot Matriarchy
Jake Flanagin examines how reality TV juggernaut Bravo and its ‘Real Housewives’ spin criminality into character development—and ratings gold.
Jake FlanaginDec 28, 2025
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