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Following Raymond Williams’ ‘culture is ordinary’, we explore politics across media, film, stage, screen, music, sport and play – prioritising creative grassroots voices
Following Raymond Williams’ ‘culture is ordinary’, we explore politics across media, film, stage, screen, music, sport and play – prioritising creative grassroots voices
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Pokopia, cosy games and the problem of escapism
‘Cosy games’ have grown in popularity in recent years but can they be more than mere escapism? Dr Stephanie Farnsworth investigates
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Cory Doctorow: AI bubbles, bosses and sci-fi
As The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI hits shelves, author Cory Doctorow explains the widely destructive promise of the AI bubble
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Fires in the Night – review
Gareth Thompson reviews a nail-biting history of environmentalist direct action
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Stella Dadzie: A Whole Heap of Mix Up – review
Stella Dadzie’s collection of essays, poems, diary entries and speeches highlights the importance of Black feminist archival practices, writes Grace Blenkinsop
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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 is 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
