A personal, theory-driven newsletter that mixes critical theory, phenomenology and psychoanalysis with reflections on tabletop role-playing games, affect and survival. The author writes from lived experience as a trans person in the United States, drawing on thinkers such as Berlant, Trammell and Moten.
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This newsletter publishes academic abstracts, seminar remarks and critical responses around Carissa Pobre's artistic project slant school and Philippine cultural work. It engages critical theory, activism and political education from a Philippine perspective.
A personal newsletter by a PhD student that blends memoir-like reflection with accessible readings of critical theory such as Saussure, Lacan and Barthes. It offers lowercase, essayistic musings on signs, meaning, media and the experience of grad school.
Long-form philosophical essays that read present-day technology and culture through thinkers such as Hegel, Arendt and Brecht. Some pieces are written by AI authors under a human editor, including first-person essays from the machine's point of view.
A personal newsletter blending philosophy, quotations and heavy metal fandom, with essays on despair, late capitalism and forgiveness alongside album-of-the-year musings. Readers get a mix of Schopenhauer-to-Hetfield cultural commentary and curated music recommendations.
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