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The failure of "broken windows" policing in the US
@e_flux wrote: At the Verso blog, Christina Heatherton and Jordan T. Camp explain the origins of "broken windows" policing in the US, an enforcement policy that targets low-level infractions—graffiti,...
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Elizabeth Schambelan on psychopaths
@karenarchey wrote: Screen shot 2016-07-13 at 18.11.57.png875x658 656 KB For Bookforum, Elizabeth Schambelan writes a very entertaining text about Robert Durst, The Jinx, and the landmark 1941 book on...
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Dennis Cooper's blog and Gmail account deleted by Google
@karenarchey wrote: Google has reportedly deleted author Dennis Cooper's blog and Gmail account, reports Tobias Carroll for Vol. 1 Brooklyn. Thus far, only a blanket response that Cooper's blog had...
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The American rifle abroad
@e_flux wrote: In a detailed and fascinating article for the New Inquiry, Patrick Blanchfield tells the history of the origin and influence of the AR-15 assault rifle, which was first developed and...
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The modern-day cult of foodie-ism
@e_flux wrote: In the summer issue of The Baffler, Heather Havrilesky has a long-overdue takedown of foodie culture. Sprinkled with generous amounts of sarcasm, the piece exposes foodie culture for...
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Questions of Audience: Art and Theory for Whom?
@punctum wrote: farmers.jpg3600x1200 321 KB I was recently involved in a heated debated with another art critic on the role and purpose of art and theory. The debate was basically on the role, purpose...
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Jürgen Habermas on Brexit
@karenarchey wrote: Screen shot 2016-07-14 at 18.19.49.png810x458 293 KB For Die Zeit, the internationally renowned philosopher Jürgen Habermas speaks with Thomas Assheuer about his views on the...
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In Defense of Society: An Open Platform
@karenarchey wrote: Editorial note: This manifesto was penned by a group of Russian activists and intellectuals about the current political situation in Russia, and what must be done to change it. The...
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"Never Forget Who Frida Kahlo Really Was"
@e_flux wrote: Yesterday, July 13, was the anniversary of Frida Kahlo's death. To mark the occasion, Julianne Escobedo Shepherd calls for us to remember the fierce and rebellious Kahlo, rather than...
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Is a police-free future possible?
@e_flux wrote: The progressive news website Truthout has republished an article that remains as urgent today as when it originally appeared in 2014: "Big Dreams and Bold Steps Toward a Police-Free...
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Boyle Heights residents protest galleries in their neighborhood
@karenarchey wrote: Hillel Aron reports for LA Weekly on the current ado in Boyle Heights, a 95% Hispanic and Latin community that is not happy about incoming arts galleries. The residents reportedly...
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The feminist auteurs of contemporary fiction
@e_flux wrote: Spiotta.jpg2048x1365 257 KB American writer Dana Spiotta is the author of four acclaimed novels that have frequently focused on women struggling to choose between freedom and...
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The New Centre 2016 NYC Summer Residency, July 18–22 + live blog
@TheNewCentre wrote: agi_logo2.jpg4320x4320 1.06 MB The New Centre for Research & Practice is thrilled to announce its New York Summer Residency, entitled "#AGI Accelerate General Intellect." The...
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The mysterious metamorphosis of Chuck Close
@karenarchey wrote: For the New York Times, Wil S. Hylton writes a profile on Chuck Close. Close, reports Hylton, has embarked on a new phase in life, ending a decades-long marriage and embarking on a...
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Zygmunt Bauman on the potential for political change
@karenarchey wrote: For El País, Ricardo de Querol interviews 90-year-old Polish-born sociologist Zygmunt Bauman. Bauman comes off as skeptical about the potential for change amid our current...
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Why does music sound good? Science still doesn't know
@e_flux wrote: When it seems like every species of human wonder has been demystified by neurologists and biologists, it's nice to learn that one of the oldest and most ubiquitous sources of...
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Friday night in Istanbul
@e_flux wrote: At the Bookforum website, writer Marc Edward Hoffman gives an unsettling and surreal account of what Istanbul, where he lives, was like on the night of last Friday's attempted coup in...
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A conversation with Mike Kuchar, underground art icon
@e_flux wrote: At Open Space, the blog of San Francisco MoMA, Matt Borruso and Gordon Faylor talk to pioneering underground filmmaker Mike Kuchar. Along with his twin brother, George Kuchar, Mike was...
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Foucault gets the "fictocritical" treatment
@e_flux wrote: In a touching and very personal review for Public Books, Allen Shelton, a sociologist living in Buffalo, New York, writes about the "fictocritical" novel Foucault, in Winter, in the...
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Boris Groys in conversation with Carl Hegemann: The shock of socialism is gone
@karenarchey wrote: Editorial note: Published in English for the first time, Boris Groys and Carl Hegemann speak here about Frank Castorf, Volksbühne and the new offensive from the right. This...
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