Call for Papers: Colonial Studies of the PlatformSocial Text Collective

This special issue of Social Text critically thinks through how models of contemporary platforms such as Amazon or Google are reproductions of colonial capitalist enterprises such as The East India Company. Authors are invited to engage the field of digital … Continue reading "Call for Papers: Colonial Studies of the Platform"

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from DOGLESSKatherine Franco

[Dogless I] Life is long and I crossed my fingers. Sparred through death and others Through play. School. It’s me. Schooled. Post-Labor Day and the line Down. Good dog. Very good. Like I return to my craft at the end … Continue reading "from DOGLESS"

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Remembering Fredric JamesonSocial Text Collective

Social Text remembers the life and work of Fredric Jameson, one of our founding editors. Read an interview with Fredric Jameson and materials about his work establishing the journal here. Read a 2016 interview and a special issue that considers … Continue reading "Remembering Fredric Jameson"

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The Productive Body Dismembered: Creative Labor and AI ArtOdin O'Sullivan

For Capitalism is the Sophisticated and Materialized Form of the Hatred of Man and of his Body. -François Guéry and Didier Deleule In 2023, the trend “Films if they were directed by Wes Anderson” began to gain popularity on TikTok. … Continue reading "The Productive Body Dismembered: Creative Labor and AI Art"

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Two PoemsJudith Kiros

Translated by Kira Josefsson Snow Lessons There are many types of ice: white ice, red ice, slick black ice. If only you’d learned to master the ice. If only you’d learned more about the work of translation. If only your … Continue reading "Two Poems"

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The problem with beauty is that it convinces me of achievementAriel Yelen

Really it’s just that time has passed, what was green Is now orange This poem compares the seasons   And philosophizes beauty in the form of strands I think I owe my boss a hello I think I owe him … Continue reading "The problem with beauty is that it convinces me of achievement"

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Statement on Student Repression at Columbia UniversitySocial Text Collective

As a collective of scholars based at academic institutions in and around New York City, we stand in solidarity with students and faculty practicing peaceful protest at Columbia, Barnard, CUNY, NYU, Cornell, the New School, and all across the country. … Continue reading "Statement on Student Repression at Columbia University"

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Parsing the Jewish American ComplexEng-Beng Lim

In Itamar Moses’s new play The Ally, the “trickiest question”—“whether the fight against anti-Semitism belongs as a coequal branch of the social justice movement”—is itself a kind of trick question. Articulated through Moses’s academic alter ego in the play, Asaf … Continue reading "Parsing the Jewish American Complex"

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