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Miguel Rivera

Miguel Rivera

The Posthuman, Heartless Formalism of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie

The essay below is excerpted from the 285th edition of my weekly Paradox Newsletter, published on Substack.

Aug 1, 2023

The Posthuman, Heartless Formalism of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie

Aug 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, 2018

“You know what is paying for these three days in Marrakech?”:

Jan 3, 2018

Miguel Rivera

The Games of 2017

I 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, 2017

The Games of 2017

Dec 29, 2017

Miguel Rivera

Don’t Send in The Clowns — A Review of American Horror Story: Cult Episode 1

Is American Horror Story: Cult the television equivalent of Marvel’s Secret Wars event? Fan favorites like Evan Peters are turned into…

Sep 6, 2017

Sep 6, 2017

Miguel Rivera

What 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, 2017

Aug 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, 2017

“Whatever you want to do, I will support you forever”: Fatherhood and Festival in DJ Khaled’s…

Jun 24, 2017

Miguel Rivera

The (Critical) Fate of the Furious

The 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, 2017

Apr 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, 2017

“The ‘other you’ who exists within desires it thus”: The Question of Imprisonment and the…

Apr 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, 2017

“I’ve still got vibrations to send”: More Life

Mar 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, 2017

Mar 21, 2017

Miguel Rivera

Miguel Rivera

Literature PhD Candidate. Lacanian. For a less formal does of my writing, subscribe to my weekly newsletter: https://miguelrivera.substack.com

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