Border Studies - Notes from Samantha Culp
Samantha CulpBorder Studies is an occasional newsletter from writer/filmmaker Samantha Culp (now including: updates on the book I am writing about the history and present-day landscape of "futures thinking" in its many forms)
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Fracking for Cool
As we head into the season of year-end lists, I wanted to share an essay that was originally commissioned for a limited-edition booklet accompanying the US release of Amalia Ulman’s 2025 film “Magic Farm”. I’m a bit biased but it’s truly on...
An Essay By My Late Mom, Candace Wilson Culp
A modeling shot of Candace in 1971, the year the essay takes place
In May, the journal Off Assignment published an essay by my mother Candace Wilson Culp, who was still finalizing the piece with the editors at the time of her unexpected pa...
Substackers Against Nazis
Hello all,
Below is a letter to the Substack founders that I helped draft as part of a group of publishers seeking answers to questions about the platforming and monetizing of Nazis. We are all publishing the letter on our own individual...
Highway Hypnosis
“Secret Codes 2”, Akira Kurosaki (1973)
Hello,
I just spent a week in Northern California for book research, and while both my copilot (thanks Matthew :) and I have done that drive many times, it was the first time we had since the pande...
Nautical Twilight
“Sunset”, Félix Vallotton (1911)
I have only recently learned that there are three kinds of twilight: Civil Twilight, Nautical Twilight, and Astronomical Twilight. Civil twilight refers to the period right after sunset, when the sun is sti...
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Writer, filmmaker, and strategist in Los Angeles after many years in greater China / Currently writing a book about the history of futures thinking in its many forms
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