In the past couple of months I’ve struggled to find the time to write (or even really think, a lengthy commute is given over to the gamified logic of a certain language learning app rather than much thought). The below is an attempt to try to renew some of what has been lost. I dimlyContinue reading “The Bildungsroman in an Age of Opioids”
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Con Games: Grifters in Hollywood
The text below relates to a Criterion Channel Collection that was available from around November 2023 – January 2024. Unlike the protagonists of the collection, my timings fail me consistently. The con artist has been cast as one of the leading figures in an age characterized by some as that of ‘grift capitalism’. At itsContinue reading “Con Games: Grifters in Hollywood”
Cracking Capitalism: Myth and Labour in Inventing Anna
My somewhat belated reflections on Inventing Anna (2022) were published last week on Tom Pazderka’s substack A Secret Plot. The article in part seeks to question what it is about contemporary con artists and hustlers that makes them historically distinct (assuming they are indeed historically distinct) from the mythic snake oil salesman that haunts theContinue reading “Cracking Capitalism: Myth and Labour in Inventing Anna”
Interludes
The initial reason for setting up this website was that it seemed like a necessary supplement to pursuing a career in academia – especially in the absence of an affiliation with a university and the credibility that may or may not supply. Over the summer of 2022 it became increasingly clear that a career withinContinue reading “Interludes”
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