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Klute and Anne Carson
How Jane Fonda channeled her growing political consciousness into an Oscar-winning performance.
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Kieran McLean

September 2023

Sand, Stars, and Crocodile Skin
Australian First Peoples' art and the Papunya Tula Art Movement
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Platform Shift
How American publicist Kaitlin Phillips made the Internet work for her
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Avatar 2 and the Organic Machine
Why James Cameron should just love technology
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The Tyranny of "Tea Fleek Boots Sis"
How gay Zoomer lingo took over my brain
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August 2023

Music That Moves Through You
On LCD Soundsytem's James Murphy, making art to connect with people, and some reading and Auckland event recommendations
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December 2022

Fit for Purpose
Total Recall and the image of the American fascist
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May 2022

Everything All The Time to All People
Why independent filmmakers shouldn't sacrifice adult complexity for affirmation
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August 2021

Climate of Denial
Why Solar Power feels so dissonant
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June 2021

Hilma af Klint and the Courage of Conviction
20th-century abstraction in the 21st century
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May 2021

The Concern-Troll Cudgel
How liberal capitalist media became so easily swayed
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"Difficult Conversations"
Why Ziwe doesn't work
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