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The Counter Arts Book Club List for 2025

The Counter Arts Book Club List for 2025

Another twelve books for a new set of twelve months

Dec 19, 2024

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Counter Arts’ Film Prompt: Pride 2025

The ‘Featured’ List: Counter Arts Dec’24-March’25

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Hippies, Digital Gods and Imaginary Futures

Hippies, Digital Gods and Imaginary Futures

Since the Cold War, America has been in an ideological battle to own the future, argues London academic Richard Barbrook. Is this the key…

Jul 16

‘The People Under the Stairs’: Racism, Social Class, and Creating Criminals

‘The People Under the Stairs’: Racism, Social Class, and Creating Criminals

An analysis of an underrated Wes Craven classic and why it is still relevant today

LGWare, The Black Lens

Jul 16

“Nosferatu” (2024)

“Nosferatu” (2024)

2/5 star reboot karaoke, folks. Repeating what’s already done, but not as well. Lacking nuance and missing opportunities.

Jul 16

Polite Tyranny: How Anglo Cultures Enable Narcissism, Silence Truth, and Call It Civilization

Polite Tyranny: How Anglo Cultures Enable Narcissism, Silence Truth, and Call It Civilization

Western society rewards silence, punishes truth, and calls it order. Here’s how it broke me—and nearly killed my best friend.

Jul 15

On Service

Multitudinous are the ways to render service (a cornerstone of society)

Vishwas R. Gaitonde

Jul 15

‘Hal & Harper’

‘Hal & Harper’

A story about grief, trauma and the ache that lingers.

Me, Myself & Her

Jul 15

Arranged Marriages in Our Dreams

Arranged Marriages in Our Dreams

From ‘The Gilded Age’ to my backyard

Jul 15

Transphobia is a Product of Cultural Elitism

Transphobia is a Product of Cultural Elitism

Culture is what we make it, and transphobia is a part of our culture

Jul 15

Lena Dunham and the Cult of Hatred: On Vulnerability, Class Betrayal, and Emotional Safety

Lena Dunham and the Cult of Hatred: On Vulnerability, Class Betrayal, and Emotional Safety

Dunham’s greatest sin is that she reminds us of our own complicity — We like the people who hate us.

Jul 14

‘Fahrenheit 451’ by Ray Bradbury

‘Fahrenheit 451’ by Ray Bradbury

A mirror and a serpent

Jul 14

Why Cozy Murder Podcasts Make Us Feel Safe

Why Cozy Murder Podcasts Make Us Feel Safe

The psychology behind comfort crime and controlled chaos

Jul 14

‘Careless People’ is Traumatizing and Demoralizing.

‘Careless People’ is Traumatizing and Demoralizing.

How hard is it to get tech bros to behave themselves? Very.

Jul 14

Review: ‘F1’ — Highly Satisfying Sports Movie Blockbuster

Review: ‘F1’ — Highly Satisfying Sports Movie Blockbuster

Joseph Kosinski’s racecar sports movie has its problems, but its technical qualities tip the scale

Jul 13

Q&A: Author Candice Fox Isn’t Afraid of the Dark

Q&A: Author Candice Fox Isn’t Afraid of the Dark

The bestselling crime novelist discusses her craft, compulsive creativity, and fascination with the worst of humanity

Jul 13

The Book Review: ‘On the Calculation of Volume II’ — Time Trapped in Itself

The Book Review: ‘On the Calculation of Volume II’ — Time Trapped in Itself

Solvej Balle’s monumental work continues in a second installment that continues to deepen the elements we know about time, and how it…

Alejandro Orradre

Jul 13

‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’ and the Rise of the Music Biopic

‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’ and the Rise of the Music Biopic

How a groundbreaking film brought Loretta Lynn’s story and country music into the American mainstream

Jul 13

Feeling at Sea? It’s Because We’re All Odysseus

Feeling at Sea? It’s Because We’re All Odysseus

Homer’s epic tale reflects our lifelong quest for balance

Jul 13

Performance Over Principle: How Industry Reveals the Real Currency of Sales

Performance Over Principle: How Industry Reveals the Real Currency of Sales

The paradox of having just enough ambition to play the game — and just enough conscience to question it.

Jul 13

I Once Feared Becoming Invisible After 40, But Now I Understand Why Midlife Is Actually Freedom

I Once Feared Becoming Invisible After 40, But Now I Understand Why Midlife Is Actually Freedom

This is what happens when society stops watching: you discover the freedom of living without an audience.

Kratagya Tripathi

Jul 13

Disco 2025

How it felt to watch Britpop’s best band perform in Manchester while my home country bombed Iran

Jul 12

Surrealism and the Liberation of Humanity in the Machine Age

Surrealism and the Liberation of Humanity in the Machine Age

The triumph of freedom through the infinite murmur

Jul 12

I Refuse to Hate ‘The Secret Life of Bees’

I Refuse to Hate ‘The Secret Life of Bees’

Sentimentality, taste, and the politics of loving the ‘wrong’ book

Jul 12

‘Hitchcock’ is A Kind Look At The Complicated Filmmaker

‘Hitchcock’ is A Kind Look At The Complicated Filmmaker

The story of how Alfred Hitchcock created Psycho and the wife who put up with him

Sondra Singer - Still Vital

Jul 12

Poetry Makes Me Nervous

Poetry Makes Me Nervous

But I’m beginning to understand what it has to offer

Jul 12

Review: ‘Make Way for Tomorrow’ Really Could Make a Stone Cry

Review: ‘Make Way for Tomorrow’ Really Could Make a Stone Cry

Leo McCarey’s Depression-era drama, beloved since its 1937 release, remains emotionally powerful and frighteningly relevant

Jul 11

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