May 2015
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Reading the Anthropocene: Margaret Atwood’s “Oryx and Crake”
In this, the inaugural entry in my series “Reading the Anthropocene,” I’ve decided to focus on…
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Screening History: “The Robe”
The focus of this installment of “Screening History” is one of the lesser-known but still quite…
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Film Review: “Mad Max: Fury Road”
Warning: Full spoilers for the film follow. When I first heard that another version of the Mad…
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The Dust-Heap of the Database and the Specters of the Spectator
Originally posted on Metathesis: In 2014, networks launched some 1,715 new television series, a staggering number…
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“Avengers: Age of Ultron”: A Melodramatic Myth for the Anthropocene
Warning: Full spoilers for the film follow. I’ll be the first to admit a fair amount…
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“While the dearest of friends lays in the cold ground”: Epidemic Disease, Incarceration and Patriarchal Control; The Continuing Story of Josiah Spaulding
Originally posted on Metathesis: After Josiah Spaulding, Jr. was chained to the floor in his room…
TJ West 