PinnedPublished inThe Ugly MonsterFallout: Evil John Wayne and the American LieFeo, Fuerte y FormalSep 101Sep 101
PinnedPublished inThe Ugly Monster‘Io Capitano’ and the Nature of the MigrantMatteo Salvini, overcrowded boats, and social deathOct 112Oct 112
PinnedPublished inThe Ugly Monster‘Office Space’ and Bullshit JobsHuman beings don’t want to spend their days doing nothingAug 824Aug 824
PinnedPublished inThe Ugly MonsterJoin a Union, Now!Enough with the layoffs in the video game industryMay 202May 202
Published inThe Ugly Monster‘Gladiator II’: The Inglorious Violence of the Roman DreamWhat is the Roman dream? And why is it so viscerally inglorious?1d ago71d ago7
Published inThe Ugly Monster‘Megalopolis’: the Randian Philosopher-King vs the Graeberian Revolutionary RadicalWho gets to live in Catalina’s utopia? And is it a Graeberian or a Randian utopia?2d ago102d ago10
Published inThe Ugly MonsterNapoleon Dynamite: Eccentricity as Praxis‘Napoleon Dynamite’ is about the power of eccentricityDec 312Dec 312
Published inThe Ugly Monster‘La Piel Más Temida’ and The Connections that MatterDid Joel Calero’s film romanticize Peru’s era of terrorism?Nov 251Nov 251
Published inThe Ugly Monster‘El Huaro’ and the Power of Colonial Violence‘El Huaro’ is a documentary about the ongoing colonial violence affecting the Awajún community of rural PeruNov 197Nov 197
Published inThe Ugly Monster‘Adulto’ and the Hostility of AdulthoodGrowing up is intrinsically traumaticNov 1212Nov 1212