Miguel RiveraThe Posthuman, Heartless Formalism of Greta Gerwig’s BarbieThe essay below is excerpted from the 285th edition of my weekly Paradox Newsletter, published on Substack.Aug 1, 2023Aug 1, 2023
Miguel Rivera“You know what is paying for these three days in Marrakech?”:Reviewing nearly any movie is, in actuality, the task of reviewing a film already made by Alfred Hitchcock. Following that logic, one of…Jan 3, 2018Jan 3, 2018
Miguel RiveraThe Games of 2017I am always frustrated by the fact that there is not a larger academic apparatus for the study of video games. I don’t mean any new-fangled…Dec 29, 2017Dec 29, 2017
Miguel RiveraDon’t Send in The Clowns — A Review of American Horror Story: Cult Episode 1Is American Horror Story: Cult the television equivalent of Marvel’s Secret Wars event? Fan favorites like Evan Peters are turned into…Sep 6, 2017Sep 6, 2017
Miguel RiveraWhat does science know? Lacan against positivism in his lost seminar, “On the Names-of-the-Father”When I think about the Google Anti-Diversity memo that is circulating, I can’t help but think of Jacques Lacan’s complicated relationship…Aug 16, 2017Aug 16, 2017
Miguel Rivera“Whatever you want to do, I will support you forever”: Fatherhood and Festival in DJ Khaled’s…When father’s day rolled around, I was just finishing up a video game called Samurai Warriors: The Spirit of Sanada (2017). I planned to…Jun 24, 2017Jun 24, 2017
Miguel RiveraThe (Critical) Fate of the FuriousThe Fast and the Furious franchise’s critical day in the sun could only last so long. With Fast Five (2011), Fast & Furious 6 (2013), and…Apr 14, 2017Apr 14, 2017
Miguel Rivera“The ‘other you’ who exists within desires it thus”: The Question of Imprisonment and the…Note: This is the first installment in what will hopefully be a weekly series of vaguely connected essays on Persona 5 as I make my way…Apr 5, 2017Apr 5, 2017
Miguel Rivera“I’ve still got vibrations to send”: More Life“I wanna move to Dubai so I don’t never have to kick it with none of you guys”Mar 25, 2017Mar 25, 2017
Miguel Rivera“part of my responsibility — as a witness — was to move as largely and as freely as possible, to…Consider, for a moment, this passage from J. Hoberman’s Get Out (2017) review from the New York Review of Books:Mar 21, 2017Mar 21, 2017