Essays & Criticism

Gorilla Milk
A letter of recommendation. ➔

Consciously Uncontracting
A defence of burning one's bridges. ➔

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
A short rant 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. ➔