The Want Machine
On consumer culture, manufactured desire, and the politics of wanting.
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The Mediation of Atrocity: Spectacle and Perpetrator Narratives in The Act of Killing
On why perpetrator narratives expose—and distort—accountability
The Act of Killing (2012, Director: Joshua Oppenheimer) is not for the faint of heart. It is grotesque, viscerally so, yet despite its subject matter it does not glorify the v...
You Already Understand The Consumer Society- Thanks to The Devil Wears Prada
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Like every other aspiring (read: terminally online) pop culture devotee you've had the cerulean blue sweater monologue memorised for ove...
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