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The Russian Cesspit
Bliss it was in that dawn to be naïve: no amount of reading could have prepared me for the surreal world of Russian politics. It was Alice in Wonderland meets A Clockwork Orange. But to understand what is happening in Ukraine and Russia today, we need to make some sense of it.
Post-historical archaism, Ukrainian homonationalism, and the death of the post–Soviet era
Since 2014, the visibility of LGBTQ people in Ukraine has increased significantly compared to previous years, and women’s rights awareness is now considered an important component of social and political change.
For Ever We Stand with Ukraine
Around the world in 2022 and 2023, I have met…
Who’s The Leader of the Free World?
When I co-wrote and edited a book of essays during…
Catching tigers in red weather and the falling human
Every technology comes to be used to meet the needs of its time. Those needs interact with the often hidden-from-view affordances that reside in the tech to radically skew the intentions with which it might have been conceived and developed.
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Post-historical archaism, Ukrainian homonationalism, and the death of the post–Soviet era
Since 2014, the visibility of LGBTQ people in Ukraine has increased significantly compared to previous years, and women’s rights awareness is now considered an important component of social and political change.
For Ever We Stand with Ukraine
Around the world in 2022 and 2023, I have met a broad range of Westerners…
Who’s The Leader of the Free World?
When I co-wrote and edited a book of essays during my university days in 1994,…
Social Sciences
R.A. the Rugged Man: Dragon Fire
A music video produced for certified legends of Hip Hop Wu-Tang Clan, Kool G Rap, R.A. the Rugged Man and Xx3eme. Set in Queens, New York City in the early 1980s, we follow the blood-thirsty “Dragon Fire”, as he avenges the brutal rape and murder of the beautiful Kara Fire by battling street thugs, deadly ninjas and a Rothchild orgy before facing down the Big Boss on top of an abandoned print shop.
Post-historical archaism, Ukrainian homonationalism, and the death of the post–Soviet era
Since 2014, the visibility of LGBTQ people in Ukraine has increased significantly compared to previous years, and women’s rights awareness is now considered an important component of social and political change.
For Ever We Stand with Ukraine
Around the world in 2022 and 2023, I have met a broad range of Westerners…
Who’s The Leader of the Free World?
When I co-wrote and edited a book of essays during my university days in 1994,…
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STS, platform capitalism and the conundrum of expertise
They might be loath to admit it, but many Science and Technology Studies [STS] scholars today long for the halcyon days of the so-called “Science Wars” of the 1990s. Back then, those scholars were relatively united in their defenses against a loos…
by Philip Mirowski
American literature in English
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Escape from Ukraine
As dusk fell, I went into a meditative state. I looked at the sky for a long time, listening to the nature around me, as though I had become an animal in harmony with my surroundings. My fear had vanished. As I started walking towards my destiny, …
by Escape from Ukraine
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Post-historical archaism, Ukrainian homonationalism, and the death of the post–Soviet era
Since 2014, the visibility of LGBTQ people in Ukraine has increased significantly compared to previous years, and women’s rights awareness is now considered an important component of social and political change.
For Ever We Stand with Ukraine
Around the world in 2022 and 2023, I have met a broad range of Westerners absolutely committed to the cause…
Who’s The Leader of the Free World?
When I co-wrote and edited a book of essays during my university days in 1994, called Security of Eastern Europe: The…
Social Sciences
Post-historical archaism, Ukrainian homonationalism, and the death of the post–Soviet era
Since 2014, the visibility of LGBTQ people in Ukraine has increased significantly compared to previous years, and women’s rights awareness is now considered an important component of social and political change.
Witnessing Algorithms and the Paradox of Synthetic Media
Synthetic media are everywhere. Digital images and objects that appear to index something in the world but do nothing of the sort have their roots in video games and online worlds like Second Life.
Who’s The Leader of the Free World?
When I co-wrote and edited a book of essays during my university days in 1994, called Security of Eastern Europe: The…
What is Mr Putin Doing In Ukraine? – Thoughts From Kiev.
Today, Sunday, I went to Maidan. Several hundred thousand Kyiv residents went there also. We came together to commiserate; to…
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Post-historical archaism, Ukrainian homonationalism, and the death of the post–Soviet era
Since 2014, the visibility of LGBTQ people in Ukraine has increased significantly compared to previous years, and women’s rights awareness is now considered an important component of social and political change.
by Vadym Yakovlev
Social Sciences
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What is Mr Putin Doing In Ukraine? – Thoughts From Kiev.
Today, Sunday, I went to Maidan. Several hundre…
by Mychailo Wynnyckyj
Putin On Pause – Thoughts from Kiev
President Putin’s press conference seems to hav…
by Mychailo Wynnyckyj
The Vladimir Putin Problem – Thoughts From Kiev
The Russian invasion of Crimea has put the enti…
by Mychailo Wynnyckyj
Social Sciences
Social Sciences
Post-historical archaism, Ukrainian homonationalism, and the death of the post–Soviet era
Since 2014, the visibility of LGBTQ people in Ukraine has increased significantly compared to previous years, and women’s rights awareness is now considered an important component of social and political change.
Escape from Ukraine
As dusk fell, I went into a meditative state. I looked at the sky for a long time, listening to the nature around me, as though I had become an animal in harmony with my surroundings. My fear had vanished. As I started walking towards my destiny, I felt physically that I was changing my life with every step.
The Russian Cesspit
Bliss it was in that dawn to be naïve: no amount of reading could have prepared me for the surreal world of Russian politics. It was Alice in Wonderland meets A Clockwork Orange. But to understand what is happening in Ukraine and Russia today, we need to make some sense of it.
For Ever We Stand with Ukraine
Around the world in 2022 and 2023, I have met a broad range of Westerners absolutely committed to the cause of standing with Ukraine against Putin ‘for as long as it takes’. This includes a remarkable spectrum, from extreme-left anti-fascists, environmentalists and ‘woke’ activists to ‘based’ conservatives, populists and libertarians. Their unity is founded on a simple, black and white moral position that has proven durable. Marching in step and repeating the same discourses, whether within academia, think tanks, government or the parliamentary opposition, the pattern is clear. Zelenskyy is…
It tolls for thee
The Ringmasters Speech
Circus Bazaar Magazine
Edition 02 | 2023 | 01
Who’s The Leader of the Free World?
When I co-wrote and edited a book of essays during my university days in 1994, called Security of Eastern Europe: The Case of Ukraine, I could not possibly have imagined that the individual around whom the democratic world would ultimately unite, in a clear stance against the global advance of tyranny, would come from Ukraine. In fact, the question was barely up for debate: The leader of the free world was the President of the United States, of course! But we are no longer living in 1991, when the United States emerged…
