Benjamin Kirby 7/25/22 Benjamin Kirby 7/25/22

Ladies and Gentleman, Your In-Flight Entertainment for this Evening: Late Capitalistic Nausea

Benjamin Kirby’s humorous essay takes us through the absurdity of a six-and-a-half hour Emirates flight

Leo Joseph 9/13/21 Leo Joseph 9/13/21

Razor Blade Gummy Bears

Razor Blade Gummy Bears observes the sickly fascination with sweetness as poison, its absurdity and allure made tangible in the form of gleaming translucent resin.

David Straange 8/2/21 David Straange 8/2/21

POST-COLONIAL SPORTZ TEAMS

David Straange pulls apart the colors, lines, and paradigms of typical sports logo branding, turning them into works of abstract art

Badr Abbas 1/4/21 Badr Abbas 1/4/21

Food for Thought

Emirati artist Badr Abbas's loud Cubist-style paintings point the fingers of satire against modern food culture

Vamika Sinha 8/4/20 Vamika Sinha 8/4/20

Sorry to Bother You: Reflecting on Modern Capitalism and Satirical Black Cinema

As part of our new "b-roll" film column, Vamika Sinha revisits Boots Riley's Afro-surrealist Sorry to Bother You, and why it offers important commentary on the intersections of race and late-stage capitalism in 2020.

Jane Ayres 3/24/20 Jane Ayres 3/24/20

there are ghosts fellating the machinery

“you & I are only limited by our limiting beliefs” – new in poetry by Jane Ayres.

Emmanuel Laflamme 10/7/19 Emmanuel Laflamme 10/7/19

"Atomic Andy" a Collage Series

Québécois artist Emmanuel Laflamme explores the absurdity of the status quo through his satirical collage series. Here myth, religion, and popular culture splinter and become precarious.

Tzy Jiun Tan 10/7/19 Tzy Jiun Tan 10/7/19

Sex Club

A tongue-in-cheek poem by Tzy Jiun Tan.

Áron Braunsteiner 8/19/18 Áron Braunsteiner 8/19/18

Agatha

A new short story by Àron Braunsteiner.

Zoe Jane Patterson 8/19/18 Zoe Jane Patterson 8/19/18

Heart, Star, Winky Face

A biting satirical poem on the social media age and identity.

Áron Braunsteiner 7/9/18 Áron Braunsteiner 7/9/18

Antagonism

A satirical short story about ants, fascists, and genocide.

Tzy Jiun Tan 6/24/18 Tzy Jiun Tan 6/24/18

The Poet

“But if Rupi can rake in the money with line breaks and / Taylor’s feminism can inspire naïve joy / Maybe I still qualify as underground music…” – take a look inside Tzy Jiun Tan’s poetry book.