There was a time until very recently when police reform was a niche topic that was openly discussed only among anarchist and anarchist-adjacent circles. That time is passed. The light of public attention has been shone on issues of police brutality and militarization with staggering intensity, and that which emerged from underneath the scattered shadows … Continue reading Thin Blue Line
The incel "movement" needs no introduction. Everyone's talked about it, the mainstream media did its little song and dance blaming it for a rise in misogyny and attacks against women all throughout the West a few years ago then things died down a bit after Trump's election and people forgot about the whole thing. Now … Continue reading Celibacy, misogyny, and men going their own way
Everyone's been talking about it. Returning to normal. Going back to our old lives and doing what we want. Partying. Traveling. Freedom from the oppressive specter of disease and destruction. Too long have we walked through the valley of the shadow of death while entering ZOOM conference calls and working from our homes. It's time … Continue reading Normality
Highsnobiety produced a guide to safe protesting today. A news corp, focused mainly on fashion and hip-hop music, made an easy-to-digest set of informative illustrations telling would-be opponents of the status quo to keep themselves nice and hydrated while fighting the power. It's the very innocuousness of it all that set me off. Earlier today … Continue reading Pride
This is an older article I wrote about Kanye some time ago in a blog of mine that didn't quite work out, but since I'm already working on a long-form piece on Kanye's recent antics and his transformation from aspirational rapper and producer to billionaire mogul, I figured it was worth reposting this as a … Continue reading Tweakin’ off that 2C-B, huh
It feels like ages since the golden era of the Wu-Tang and the East Coast, of gangster rap, gruff voices rapping over booming, sample-heavy beats, talking about cooking crack on a stove pot and slinging it on the corner block. Today's rap isn't that different, thematically speaking, but it shifted sonically, moving away from the … Continue reading Something grimy this way comes
Meme culture has a singularly irritating way of blowing world events out of proportion for the sake of extracting some minuscule manner of entertainment out of what is otherwise a pretty dire state of affairs. The start of the new year has had no shortage of shit storms to poke fun at. From typical American … Continue reading A Boring Apocalypse
Blizzard just announced the firing of two casters after they allowed a player in a major Hearthstone tournament to express his support for the people of Hong Kong in their struggle for autonomy. The player was also kicked out of the competition and stripped of his earnings. The company's stated reason behind the move is … Continue reading Blizzard
I'm not going to talk about the factual side of the recent terrorist attacks in the States. Everyone knows the details at this point, down to the most gruesome and heart-wrenching details about illegal immigrants being injured and still not going to the hospital in fear of being apprehended by ICE agents while receiving treatment. … Continue reading Lost generations
