Readings

Is Journalism Bad?

Are you locked in an endless power struggle? From conflicts and confrontations both institutional and personal, to managing your own privilege without being a dick, Scaach-22 is here to help.

Inside Scharpling & Wurster's 'Power Pop Pop Pop'

Why the story of a detestable "power pop dictator" may be The Best Show's quintessential bit (or one of them, at least).

The Cult of Work

What is lost to our love of labour?

'Totalitarian Terror Isn't Operating On Your Schedule': An Interview with Jim Shepard

The Book of Aron author on the challenges of implicating Jews in a story about their suffering and the point of fictionalizing the Holocaust. 

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Dreams Are Boring

We attribute divine inspiration to madness, but escaping the cycle of mania for the comfort of a calmer mind doesn't mean abandoning artistic greatness.

What's the Point of Handwriting?

Maybe handwriting is neither a lost art nor an anachronism; perhaps new technology will show there is some useful alchemy left in the way language, the body, and our sense of identity intertwine.

White Supremacy is Not a Black Problem

"To them, we’re nothing but videos to share on Facebook and hashtags to boost on Twitter."

Page Three: An Interview with Ottessa Moshfegh

"I’m not comfortable with life on Earth. This life here feels really harsh and painful. It has felt like torture here a lot of the time."

'Claim Your Own Dancefloor'

The director's cut of 54 brings the film closer to the club's brand of disco-as-spectacle.

Swole Without a Goal

When I started gaining weight, I didn't just want to get big: I wanted to occupy as much as space as possible.