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Benjamin Fife

The Guardian That Never Sleeps

The Guardian That Never Sleeps

For almost ninety years mass anxieties about kidnapping and child abuse have driven the development of surveillance technologies focused on seeing and hearing children. How might these technologies impact the relationships between mothers and children?

Obviousness, Scorn, and Losing Ground

Obviousness, Scorn, and Losing Ground

“Harris. Walz. Obviously.” is a slogan that says more about the Democratic Party than about Trump.

Size Queen Nation

Size Queen Nation

The industry for bigger, harder dicks is booming. But what are those pills, pumps, and implants really meant to address?

Let’s Not Get Sentimental

Let’s Not Get Sentimental

Hate is an element of political organizing we are encouraged to disavow. But liberal sentimentality only leads to repetitive acting-out of the dynamics of dehumanization.

I Can’t Relate

I Can’t Relate

Left populism and its vicissitudes With the continued breakdown of the neoliberal order, “populism” has gained renewed importance in contemporary political discourse. Many leftists see great promise in populism, arguing that the left should take advantage of the affective politics that today are considered the domain of the right. Conjuring