Behind every revolutionary new technology promising to replace human labor is the tedious human labor that makes it possible. Michael Waters describes the history of the precarious work behind our screens, from data entry to data enrichment.
“Queer theory has frustratingly little to say about how college acceptance rates and financial aid shape a queer life of the mind.”
In our new issue, @dylanleviking.bsky.social tastes Texas in Tokyo and beefs with the American flag.
Tourists in Tokyo might seek out Wagyu, but @dylanleviking.bsky.social professes his complicated love of imported American beef.
“In Japan, I suspect Wagyu is primarily for the elderly, who, because of some epigenetic memory of starvation, like exquisitely fatty things: chutoro, but also quivering blobs of pork belly and mayonnaise on toast.”
Yoga emphasizes looking inward, to the universe within. For the Israeli soldier, this is a convenient way to avoid the reality of the violence they have perpetrated—to justify the blood they shed on their noble healing journey.
“Mega-events like the World Cup and Olympics are covered by the Department of Homeland Security’s Special Events designations, which allow for the federal government to take over local policing.”
Amid all the World Cup fanfare, organizers across North America are fighting to protect their communities from the ugly side of FIFA’s “beautiful games.” Madeleine Wattenbarger reports on movements in Mexico City, Los Angeles, and Kansas City.
Queerness is not an upper-class pursuit, and the study of it does not begin and end at the walls of the Ivy League campus. From the Archives: Matt Brim takes a hard look at the class problem of queer theory.
“Japanese ebullience faded over three decades of economic stagnation; American cultural stagnation has come along at right about the same time.”
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In Japan, beef is an imposition as improbable as the American bases.
In Japan, beef is an imposition as improbable as the American bases.
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Rich queer theory is not the yardstick by which we know the measure of the discipline, nor is poor queer theory. Queer need stretches from here to there.
Rich queer theory is not the yardstick by which we know the measure of the discipline, nor is poor queer theory. Queer need stretches from here to there.
