Essays & Criticism
Is Your Diet a Little Bit Fascist?
On how groups cohere around food ➔
To Meet a Pigeon
On Kat Lyons' 'Herd' and the hatred of pigeons. ➔
A Disingenuous Prescription
On the perils of the 'illness narrative'. ➔
Gorilla Milk
A letter of recommendation. ➔
Consciously Uncontracting
On the 'Great Resignation'. ➔
I Can’t Wait to Get Started
On oversized emotions, culture industry beef and almost everything by Helen DeWitt. ➔
Corrosive Methods
On the art of Paula Rego, the career of Paula Rego and occasional duplicity in the construction of Paula Rego as a British National Treasure. ➔
Against White Publishing
Thoughts on the achievements and frustrated potential of Rafia Zakaria’s Against White Feminism. ➔
Slouching Towards Death
Must writers be boring? Must essays be personal? Is a life ‘precious’? feat. Rachel Kushner’s non-fiction. ➔
Cyborgs Without Organs
On digital self-determination in Legacy Russell’s Glitch Feminism. ➔
Editorial Distinctions
On the limits of mainstream publishing’s racial justice discourse. ➔
Sleeveless
A respectful challenge to enlightened nihilism in Natasha Stagg’s Sleeveless feat. social media politics, decadence, desire. ➔
On Having No Skin
Why Nan Goldin’s opioid activism is good but her art is arguably more insightful. ➔
In Defence of Dead Women
An argument for morbid fascination feat. Julie Becker, Francesca Woodman, Frida Kahlo. ➔