Readings

Funny But Not Beautiful, Beautiful But Not Smart

From the freak wharfs of Baltimore to downtown Manhattan, writing columns on art or getting screwed with poultry for John Waters, Cookie Mueller’s life was one that defied every either/or.

Like Hypnotized Chickens

Werner Herzog has been known to hypnotize chickens; he also hypnotized the cast of his 1976 film Heart of Glass. The movie is excellent—but the method is terrifying. Why hypnotism is terrifying.

The Mob Began to Think and Reason

David Graeber, an anthropologist and key figure in the Occupy Wall Street protests, dissects the deeply undemocratic origins of America and the meaning of anarchy in this excerpt from his book The Democracy Project.