NIGHTMARE OF MOLLUSC!
Thom WaiteThis is the story of withdrawal – humankind’s retreat, like a snail or some other shy mollusc, into its own shell. It spans technology, art, culture, sex and relationships, gaming, politics, and more. Where does the spiral lead?
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‘Anxiety Culture’: how the attention economy drives (and thrives on) our fear of the future
The X-Files, ‘Blood’ (1994)
Withdrawal thrives at the crossroads of comfort and anxiety. This is a post about the latter – not anxiety as a medical condition (I’m not a doctor) but as a “cultural and social phenomenon” that’s shaped much o...
Wallace &/or Gromit: who gets to be cozy?
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024) via IMDb
It’s easy to get caught up in X threads, film forums, and Substack reviews of the latest “vital” indie film. But if we really want to see our broader culture reflected back at us – not...
‘Cozycore’ and the comfort trap
lo-fi hip hop girl, an OG cozycore icon, via YouTube/Lofi Girl
In the introduction to Nightmare of Mollusc! I characterised the central theme – withdrawal – as a phenomenon that thrives at the crossroads of comfort and anxiety. In this pos...
The Age of Withdrawal: what happens when humans just ‘give up’?
I don’t remember when I was first infected, viruslike, by the concept of withdrawal. At some point over the last two years, it’s come to occupy a growing space in my brain, describing a common thread in a group of loosely-connected phenomen...
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