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Culture & Power

Left: Marlon Brando, Right: Elia Kazan. Both are wearing suit and tie.

The Enduring Legacy of Hollywood’s ‘Individualist Revolutionaries’

Matteo Ciccognani surveys the poverty of Hollywood's attempts to portray revolutionaries and collective struggles, and considers the current state of revolutionary paradigms in popular culture.

Russell Brand: From Mark Fisher to Anti-Vax Grifter

How did Russell Brand go from anti-capitalist spokesman to conspiracy grifter, and what now for the women who've come forward?

Cesspits of Complicity: Russell Brand, the Culture Industry, and Our Ravenous Addiction to Trash

The feigned disgust of the British cultural ecosystem in response to the allegations against Brand is not only unconvincing; it also serves to mask a much more extensive state of exploitation and decay.

The Importance of Fat Spaces: Report on the FAT Conference

The Importance of Fat Spaces: Report on the FAT Conference

Despite increasing awareness of societal inequalities and the stigma that cultural and economic forces project onto our bodies, fatness still invokes a disgust response from a vast majority.