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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
Sadie Seroxcat
Dec 19, 2024
So You Want to Write For Counter Arts?
Sadie Seroxcat
Announcements & Reminders
Sadie Seroxcat
Housekeeping
Sadie Seroxcat
Onwards and Upwards
Sadie Seroxcat
The Boosting is Still Going Strong at Counter Arts
Sadie Seroxcat
The ‘Featured’ List: Counter Arts Dec’24-March’25
Sadie Seroxcat
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Will Kneecap Be Banned From Performing in The US This Fall?
Will Kneecap Be Banned From Performing in The US This Fall?
Yer favorite Republican hoods have been making headlines following their message of solidarity with Palestine at Coachella
Nick Hart
Apr 26
‘Queen’ and the Art of Being Quietly Confident
‘Queen’ and the Art of Being Quietly Confident
Kangana Ranaut’s slice-of-life film empowered a whole generation of Indian women in more ways than one
Pallabi Dey Purkayastha
Apr 26
What Lies Behind The Romanticised Streets of Paris Might Surprise You
What Lies Behind The Romanticised Streets of Paris Might Surprise You
Like for like, rich for rich: wealth inequality exists everywhere — you realise it when you travel
Lisa Fouweather
Apr 26
Review: ‘Sinners’ is the Birth of a Future Cult Classic
Review: ‘Sinners’ is the Birth of a Future Cult Classic
Ryan Coogler’s latest is a didactic vampire musical destined for cult status
Reece Beckett
Apr 25
A Metamodern Greek Tragedy?
A Metamodern Greek Tragedy?
‘The Last of Us’ S2 E2: ‘The Perfect Storm’
Marc Barham
Apr 25
Yes, Dubious Sexual Consent Exists In Real Life
Yes, Dubious Sexual Consent Exists In Real Life
Based on my personal experiences
Sieran Lane
Apr 25
Ob-Scene and In Scene: Sex and Blood on Screen
Ob-Scene and In Scene: Sex and Blood on Screen
Playing with fire on film, and the decline of reality
Jess the Avocado
Apr 25
The Exquisite Eeriness of Bird Horrors Part III: ‘Cuckoo’
The Exquisite Eeriness of Bird Horrors Part III: ‘Cuckoo’
Bringing my series to a close with Tilman Singer’s deliciously deranged horror mystery that caws its way inside your head
Akos Peterbencze
Apr 25
Josh Johnson is the Comedian the World Needs Right Now
Josh Johnson is the Comedian the World Needs Right Now
My experience seeing the viral comic on his reassuring “Flowers Tour”
Alison Milyo
Apr 24
Netflix’s ‘iHostage’: A Smartly Designed Offering from Dutch Cinema
Netflix’s ‘iHostage’: A Smartly Designed Offering from Dutch Cinema
This taut thriller can be a perfect case study about how to make a near perfect movie while maintaining political correctness
Vickey Maverick.
Apr 24
Focus, Focus, Focus
Focus, Focus, Focus
In all aspects of art, know what you want to communicate.
Matthew Bamberg
Apr 24
Review: ‘Manhattan Murder Mystery’ is More Tepid Woody Allen Work
Review: ‘Manhattan Murder Mystery’ is More Tepid Woody Allen Work
As is often the case, this Woody Allen comedy spends as much time being annoying as it does being funny
Reece Beckett
Apr 23
Reborn and Redefined: Identity and Self-Worth in 'Poor Things' and 'Mickey 17'
Reborn and Redefined: Identity and Self-Worth in 'Poor Things' and 'Mickey 17'
From the feminist fairytale to the sci-fi dystopia, both films explore the fight to be more than what the world allows — whether it’s…
Celine
Apr 23
The Book Review: ‘Troy’ — Stephen Fry
The Book Review: ‘Troy’ — Stephen Fry
An enjoyable and entertaining approach to one of the most famous wars in history, the cradle of Western literature thanks to the work of…
Alejandro Orradre
Apr 23
Teaching Beginners to Draw and Paint
Teaching Beginners to Draw and Paint
It’s very rewarding to help artists at the very start of their creative journey
Anne Kullaf
Apr 23
‘Adolescence Reflects How the Lack of Education on Social Media Can Lead to Misguided Atrocities
‘Adolescence Reflects How the Lack of Education on Social Media Can Lead to Misguided Atrocities
Netflix’s widely discussed series holds major value and importance
Devnum Nagar
Apr 23
‘Biggest Little Farm’
‘Biggest Little Farm’
Re-thinking the farming life for our time
Gary Angel
Apr 22
Is Saving A Single Human Being Worth The Extinction Of Humanity?
Is Saving A Single Human Being Worth The Extinction Of Humanity?
‘The Last Of Us’ (TV Series) and the Trolley Problem
Marc Barham
Apr 22
When the Birds Took Flight, So Did I
When the Birds Took Flight, So Did I
Behind the lens: a journey from obsession to revelation
Om Deshamudre
Apr 22
A Spiritual Guru for Joblessness and a Ghost for Gratitude
A Spiritual Guru for Joblessness and a Ghost for Gratitude
Trekking through Sattal and realising that life is too short to be wasted doing things you don’t love
Debasmita Dutta
Apr 22
How Workers Fought for More Rights in the Progressive Era
How Workers Fought for More Rights in the Progressive Era
Unionism, nativism, fundamentalism, and a fight over American identity
C.S. Voll
Apr 21
Review: ‘Incendiary’ — Utterly Unconvincing Terrorism Drama is Exploitative Nonsense
Review: ‘Incendiary’ — Utterly Unconvincing Terrorism Drama is Exploitative Nonsense
An okay cast struggles through a troubling, laughably poor melodrama by Sharon Maguire
Reece Beckett
Apr 20
Q&A: Amber Tamblyn Is Going to Do It Again Tomorrow
Q&A: Amber Tamblyn Is Going to Do It Again Tomorrow
The actress, director, author, poet, and activist takes a break from doing, like, everything to discuss how she’s surviving life as an…
Cole Haddon
Apr 20
John Keats, ‘Candide’ by Voltaire, and Jesus Christ
John Keats, ‘Candide’ by Voltaire, and Jesus Christ
An ugly world of lies
Marc Barham
Apr 20
When It’s All a Blur
When It’s All a Blur
From music to dancing to life
Terry Barr
Apr 19
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