Safe Substitutes for Posting
Dylan Riley’s mini-essays are an affordable treatment for the mental disorder of reification.
Reviews
Does It Matter That Contemporary Art Doesn't Tell Us About Society Anymore?
No, and that’s OK.
Meet the New Math, Same as the Old Math: A Review of Justin Joque’s "Revolutionary Mathematics"
<em>Revolutionary Mathematics</em> convincingly demonstrates that our primary task in a critique of algorithmic logic should not be de-reification, which would presuppose a degree of control over technology that we do not possess. But it doesn’t always follow its own advice.
Making the Dull Compulsions Sexy Again
<em>The Class Matrix</em> is essential reading. It’s too bad it’s wasted on academics.
The Logic of Empire: Blowback and the Brutishness of American Foreign Policy
<em>Blowback</em> Season Two is a welcome advance on Season One, but the show might have outgrown its title.
The Pitfalls of Polemic, or How to Criticize the Crankiest Class of Critics
A review of Catherine Liu’s <em>Virtue Hoarders</em>.
The Record Has Shown
A review of Sarah Schulman’s new oral history, <em>Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993.</em>
