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Published: July 28, 2024 | 22nd of Tamuz, 5784 | Word Count: 2,968 | Category: Critical Theory, Hauntology, Jewish Studies, Indigenous Studies

Resistance in its contemporary conception is dominated by ghostly essences. All our figures of resistance are dead, and the victory that activists have preached about for decades seems permanantly out of reach. In this essay, I analyze the hauntological state of resistance movements and ask how we can return to a living project.

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Published: November 5, 2024 | 4th of Cheshvan, 5785 | Word Count: 1,710 | Category: Baudrillard, Politics, Informal

Written right before the 2024 election, this essay analyzes the hyperreal state of the U.S. political climate and the 2024 election's display of spectacle politics.

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Published: February 25, 2025 | 27th of Sh’vat, 5785 | Word Count: 1,045 | Category: Literary Theory

A short essay about the state of poetry in modernity and the will to call oneself a poet.

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