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Crisis Masculinity Part 5: Dead Air
On the left, identity politics and no-platform tactics have failed, producing a dangerous, reactionary backlash that gets in the way of empathy and…
Jan 13
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Here's how I made it to 2025
An end-of-year post looking back at my pre-Substack writing journey. Allow me to reintroduce myself...
Dec 31, 2025
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Guest essay: Bryce Nance - The Ergodic Ethic
Bryce Nance of Three Billion Nances asks, what does it mean to take a 'Ergodic' approach to male identity? How do we escape the influence of our…
Dec 21, 2025
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Crisis Masculinity Part 4: OK, Boomer
What do Bob Geldof and 'Once Upon A Time in Hollywood' have in common? They both offer tired ideas about masculinity that represent the 'baby boomer…
Dec 11, 2025
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Episode 43: Neil Scott - Unaltered Images
Photographer, essayist and cultural gadfly Neil Scott on J.G. Ballard, René Girard, his Substack blog The Crop, and how photography grounds us in the…
Dec 3, 2025
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Guest essay: Jason Myles - Johnny Got His Gun
If the American left rejects those reformed "deplorables" and exmilitary men, can it truly be said to represent the working class? A guest essay by…
Nov 27, 2025
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Crisis Masculinity Part 3: Starring Ryan Gosling as Ozymandias
What can the stoic, oddly reserved and emotionless performances of Ryan Gosling tell us about male identity, and how it is reflected back to us by…
Nov 20, 2025
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Brad Kelly & Bram E. Gieben on 'Three Stigmata'
On the METHOD & MADNESS podcast, Bram and Brad discuss the disturbing Philip K. Dick classic, 'The Three Stigmata of Pamer Eldritch'
Nov 19, 2025
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The Tourist: A Hip-Hop Odyssey
My journey as a hip-hop fan, artist and critic has taken some very strange turns...
Nov 14, 2025
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Crisis Masculinity Part 2: Everyone's A Critic
In part 2 we take a brief detour into the dying world of professional criticism and culture journalism to ask, what does 'representation' really mean?
Oct 30, 2025
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Crisis Masculinity Part 1: Gender In Trouble
Introducing the new essay series by Bram E. Gieben, 'Crisis Masculinity: Male Identity Under Capitalism' with a critical reading of concepts from Judith…
Oct 17, 2025
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Episode 42: Alex Mazey - Sad Boys Do It Better
Poet and theorist Alex Mazey, author of 'Sad Boy Aesthetics' joins me for a conversation about Baudrillard, books and Lil Peep
Oct 15, 2025
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