Why Sincere Self-Awareness Leads to Stasis in Beautiful World, Where Are You
In Beautiful World, Where Are You, Rooney’s characters stay in a state of perpetual moral paralysis so as to avoid falling to their knees.
Lorde’s Solar Power Is an Embodiment of the Spiritual-but-Not-Religious Age
Even as Solar Power knocks at the hollow of everything that we seem to live for, these are questions that, even at the end, remain unanswered.
Mixed Blessing by Chandra Crane, Free for CAPC Members
To read Mixed Blessing is to explore the pains and triumphs of multiethnicity––to be seen, for readers who are multiethnic, and to understand, for those who are not.
What “Wedding Night” Videos Say about Christian Influencer Culture
One of the reasons Christian influencers make videos about their newly minted sex lives is almost certainly to get views, which begets both more followers—more impact for Jesus, naturally—and also more money.
Symbols of Hope in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn teaches readers how to argue for hope’s existence.
On Hate-Watching Riverdale
Riverdale haters have the kind of hate that spurs them to action—an act of hate-creating, if you will.
Mukbang Videos and the War of Raging Appetites
The fundamental appeal of a mukbang video, then, is the promise of satisfaction through excess.
Gen Z’s Biggest Legacy: Has Social Media Hacked a Generation?
Gen Z stumbled into social media blindly, but now we’re tasked with the responsibility of making sure that everything what happened to us doesn’t happen to our own kids.
