Tag: culture
Opinion: NFTs Are Just the Latest Example of Rich People Loving Ugly Shit
by Rachel Connolly
Downstream: Why Are All the Baddies Disabled?
From ancient myths through to the Batman trilogy, pop culture is littered with disabled people and those with facial differences being cast as villains. Why does disability feature so heavily in literary and cinematic traditions, and how has this hypervisiblity had the ironic effect of erasing the experiences of disabled people? Ash Sarkar is joined […]
Analysis: Dave’s Latest Album Demands That Black British Music Be Taken Seriously
by Kojo Koram
Opinion: The North Has Always Been at the Cutting Edge of Culture
by Kojo Koram
Downstream: Has the Left Forgotten How to Have Fun?
Ash Sarkar is joined by ACFM’s Jeremy Gilbert to discuss euphoria, liberation, and the wisdom in the rave.
Opinion: England Is in the Midst of an African Renaissance – but It’s Still Racist As Hell
by Kojo Koram
As impressive as England’s current African cultural renaissance is, the goal must ultimately be to create a world free of the painful legacies that produced it, writes Kojo Koram in Contesting Culture, a new series asking who really owns British culture.
Novara FM: Sex, Dissidence, Desire
ACFM: #ACFM Trip 16: the Long ‘90s
Opinion: Everybody is Doing Identity Politics, Even If They Think They’re Not
by Ash Sarkar
ACFM: #ACFM Microdose: Jeremy Gilbert on Folk Music
Long Read: Money Can’t Free Britney – But a Strike Could
by Eleanor Penny
Opinion: Sex and the City Is Back and I Couldn’t Help but Wonder: Will the Show Finally Throw Off Shackles of Capitalism?
by Eleanor Penny
Long Read: The West is Dying – of Narcissism
by Arun Kundnani
Report: ‘It’s All Performative, They Don’t Care’: Why Tate Workers Are Going on Strike
by Sophie K Rosa
Facing redundancy during a national recession and global pandemic, Tate workers are going on strike, arguing that, despite the art institution’s socially conscious image, it is the lowest-paid and most diverse workers who will be worst impacted. Sophie K Rosa reports.
Long Read: How Grime’s Origins Show a Path to Cultural Resistance
by Charlotte Watson
Opinion: Independent and DIY Venues Offer Us Steps Towards a Lived Socialist Culture
by Luke Cartledge
With pandemic support and mutual aid groups kicking into gear around the country, Luke Cartledge argues the spaces from which they operate - largely DIY community initiatives - should be part of the infrastructure of socialist organising.