Culture
Taking our cue from Raymond Williams’ ‘culture is ordinary’, we explore how politics works through old and new media, books, film, stage and screen, music and sport – prioritising the grassroots voices democratising creative channels of communication.
Taking our cue from Raymond Williams’ ‘culture is ordinary’, we explore how politics works through old and new media, books, film, stage and screen, music and sport – prioritising the grassroots voices democratising creative channels of communication.
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The political economy of the manosphere
The online industry feeding off the anger of young men hides a deeper structure of digital capitalism, writes Alison Phipps
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Deviants and trailblazers – review
Rebecca Jane Morgan’s account of the fight for legal recognition for trans people in the UK offers a valuable resource to contemporary activists, writes Kit Heyam
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Grace Byron on cultural criticism, transphobia and Trump
Alexandra Diamond-Rivlin speaks to writer Grace Byron about trans representation, AI and cultural criticism in an age of moral panic
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Behind the ‘intelligent’ chatbot
Angela Chukunzira, Tyler Finken and Finn Jetses highlight multinational resistance to AI’s social and ecological impact
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Theatre and political transformations in Brazil
Luke Lewin Davies and Jenny Futuro speak to São Paulo-based playwright Filipe Pereira on the challenges of left theatre-making in Brazil’s evolving political landscape
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Cape Fever – review
Nadia Davids’ gothic tale evokes the suffocation of domestic service as a psychological duel unfolds between madam and maid, writes Fifi Bat-hef
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We Grow the World Together – review
We Grow the World Together’s collected essays are a vital resource on caregiving and abolition for those hoping to build a better world for future generations, writes Gracie Mae Bradley
