BDSM goes to college, but doesn’t enrol in Camille Paglia’s class
No longer only the province of psychiatrists and pornographers, BDSM (Bondage and Discipline/Domination and Submission/Sadomasochism) is a burgeoning subject for sexuality studies. This interest is warranted. Sadomasochism is deeply ingrained culturally, with binary-gendered character types deriving from early twentieth-century sexological
BDSM goes to college, but doesn’t enrol in Camille Paglia’s class
No longer only the province of psychiatrists and pornographers, BDSM (Bondage and Discipline/Domination and Submission/Sadomasochism) is a burgeoning subject for sexuality studies. This interest is warranted. Sadomasochism is deeply ingrained culturally, with binary-gendered character types deriving from early twentieth-century sexological
Requiem for the Factory
A review of Jeremy Fernando´s latest work, Requiem for the Factory, would, however small, however modest, all too soon, all too easily presuppose and lay claim to the very singularity of reception, of perception, thinking, writing, memory, indeed of truth,
Requiem for the Factory
A review of Jeremy Fernando´s latest work, Requiem for the Factory, would, however small, however modest, all too soon, all too easily presuppose and lay claim to the very singularity of reception, of perception, thinking, writing, memory, indeed of truth,
Five Star Billionaire
Shifting between a series of seemingly disparate narratives, Tash Aw’s latest work, Five-Star Billionaire, traces the lives of five Malaysians in the less familiar land of Shanghai, all whom share a common goal: to fulfill their material desires one way
Five Star Billionaire
Shifting between a series of seemingly disparate narratives, Tash Aw’s latest work, Five-Star Billionaire, traces the lives of five Malaysians in the less familiar land of Shanghai, all whom share a common goal: to fulfill their material desires one way
50 shades of activism
All that remains is (my and our) humanist hope, without proof. (Ingrid Hoofd) Freedom Freedom You got to give for what you take (George Michael: Freedom) Let me start by unequivocally saying that I have very little patience—bordering on disdain—for
50 shades of activism
All that remains is (my and our) humanist hope, without proof. (Ingrid Hoofd) Freedom Freedom You got to give for what you take (George Michael: Freedom) Let me start by unequivocally saying that I have very little patience—bordering on disdain—for
Why you should read: The Map and the Territory
Michael Kearney drinks in the multifaceted cartography of Michel Houellebecq’s making (you have to let your brain absorb all of the elements of the parenthetical setting in one go). By What Hodological Map Should I Read This? I was reading
Why you should read: The Map and the Territory
Michael Kearney drinks in the multifaceted cartography of Michel Houellebecq’s making (you have to let your brain absorb all of the elements of the parenthetical setting in one go). By What Hodological Map Should I Read This? I was reading
Idealism with a Materialist Frame
Vijay Prashad’s latest work, The Poorer Nations (Verso 2013), is a spell-binding journey through the formative struggles of the modern Global South. It is the very apotheosis of modern rupture, the transition of the language of neoliberalism and the rise
Idealism with a Materialist Frame
Vijay Prashad’s latest work, The Poorer Nations (Verso 2013), is a spell-binding journey through the formative struggles of the modern Global South. It is the very apotheosis of modern rupture, the transition of the language of neoliberalism and the rise
to be near the mother in her dark place: Medbh McGuckian’s The High Caul Cap
With its talismanic title, the latest collection by Belfast poetess Medbh McGuckian, The High Caul Cap, sets in motion a flurry of gestures. The “caul,” An cul in the Gaelic, refers to an amniotic sack, once thought to be a
to be near the mother in her dark place: Medbh McGuckian’s The High Caul Cap
With its talismanic title, the latest collection by Belfast poetess Medbh McGuckian, The High Caul Cap, sets in motion a flurry of gestures. The “caul,” An cul in the Gaelic, refers to an amniotic sack, once thought to be a
No Future Now
Denah Johnston’s book, No Future Now, shares part of its title with a song by proto-punks The MC5 (“Future Now” from their High Time album from 1970); punk avatars The Sex Pistols’ (“No Future” from their 1976 Never Mind the
No Future Now
Denah Johnston’s book, No Future Now, shares part of its title with a song by proto-punks The MC5 (“Future Now” from their High Time album from 1970); punk avatars The Sex Pistols’ (“No Future” from their 1976 Never Mind the
Why you should read: The Importance of Being Earnest
W!ld Rice Singapore’s 2013 staging of Oscar Wilde’s classic play got the Singapore Review of Book‘s Jeremy Fernando thinking about being nice to colleagues. On being too earnest… There is nothing more annoying than a colleague demonstrating that (s)he is
Why you should read: The Importance of Being Earnest
W!ld Rice Singapore’s 2013 staging of Oscar Wilde’s classic play got the Singapore Review of Book‘s Jeremy Fernando thinking about being nice to colleagues. On being too earnest… There is nothing more annoying than a colleague demonstrating that (s)he is
Spider Boys
Kim is scare of traffic, makes everybody laugh when she hesitates about as they cross busy roads. Big Mole was happy to lead her across. Big Mole ask with her brown Malay face, “Where do you stay?” “Ho Swee Hill,
Spider Boys
Kim is scare of traffic, makes everybody laugh when she hesitates about as they cross busy roads. Big Mole was happy to lead her across. Big Mole ask with her brown Malay face, “Where do you stay?” “Ho Swee Hill,
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