A Political Ecology of Plastiglomerate in Kaʻū, Hawai’i
An inquiry into the plastics on Hawaiian shores that centers the colonized and occupied homelands on which these objects are formed
Student Work: Independent Project
Zlata’s Orb
There was once a young woman named Zlata hailing from a far away land. A land that was neither real nor unreal. This land of origin was a blissful safe haven, and was all that she knew—she knew nothing of …
On Why I Write and Why I Don’t
Sometimes I look at my computer screen, at all of the words that I’ve written and all of those that have yet to show themselves to me, and I have the sense to think that I’m looking into a cracked mirror that I don’t quite comprehend.
Limbo
"I had never forgotten it. Not only because of the shame and embarrassment of having an infamous "presentation” disaster, which thereafter became one of my greatest fears, but because it felt to me like an exemplification of my own failure as a Puerto Rican."
The Radical Comedy of Fleabag and Get On Your Knees
In their groundbreaking one-woman plays, Phoebe-Waller Bridge and Jacqueline Novak prove that uncensored comedy celebrating female sexuality can find mainstream success.
Music Streaming & Monopolizing “Taste”
How does the convenience of music streaming inform our respective music tastes? And why is this alarming for both artists and fans? A meditation on how streaming influences our tastes in music, featuring songs by Prince, Ryo Kawasaki, Erykah Badu & Portishead.
PHOTOGRAPHY AS A WAY
Sergio Larrain's Valparaíso shows that photography can be a way of connecting with the world.
PLASTIC(INE) DESIRES
PLASTICS + TECHNO-UTOPIAN ALLURES // PLASTICS + OILY TEMPORALITIES // PLASTICS + ZOMBIFICATION OF FOSSILISED SUNSHINE // PLASTICS + TOXICITY // PLASTICS + QUEER FUTURITY
ON THE GET FREE BOOK CLUB
The book talk series seeking to honor and celebrate works by queer and disabled creators in the same academic spaces they were most likely to be pushed out of.
EX LIBRIS, TWITTER
Twitter is the public’s preferred periodical of late. Yes, periodical—if Tom Wolfe championed a New Journalism of the ‘60s, then Twitter is our Newest Journalism.
PUBLIC DEFENSE AND REBELLIOUS LAWYERING
Can meaningful change be effected from inside the system? How can public defenders break free of becoming mindless cogs?
PAUL SCHRADER’S ENVIRONMENTAL ETHIC
How First Reformed fights climate change by paying homage to Andrei Tarkovsky and Hieronymus Bosch
JERRY GRAY’S STORY
"When my grandfather died in 2011, my mom printed out a copy of his unfinished autobiography and it sat next to our printer for months." A digital translation of my grandfather's autobiography and an exploration of how to connect with the past.