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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
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How Society Punishes a Woman for Not Being the “Ideal Mother”
How Society Punishes a Woman for Not Being the “Ideal Mother”
Reading Natalia Ginzburg’s short story ‘La Madre’ (The Mother)
Souparno Banerjee
May 13
Hermann Hesse: The Darkness And The Light
Hermann Hesse: The Darkness And The Light
A journey we must all make
Marc Barham
May 13
Why George Orwell Lived On The Streets
Why George Orwell Lived On The Streets
You can’t beat first-hand experience
Susie K 🐹 Guinea pig slave
May 13
‘Alakazam the Great’ (1960)
‘Alakazam the Great’ (1960)
That confusing musical anime movie about a magic monkey
"Penguin" Pete Trbovich
May 13
Indian Women’s (Forced) Vow to Secrecy
Indian Women’s (Forced) Vow to Secrecy
That’s getting exposed to the world in this article
Pallabi Dey Purkayastha
May 13
‘Thunderbolts*’ Review: A Movie Full of Perfect Imperfections
‘Thunderbolts*’ Review: A Movie Full of Perfect Imperfections
Marvel Studios Is Back With Some Quality Content for the First Time in Years
Mariolina Castellaneta
May 12
The Best of British Cinema: ‘Educating Rita’ (1983)
The Best of British Cinema: ‘Educating Rita’ (1983)
Lewis Gilbert’s adaptation of Willy Russell’s romantic comedy is warm, frank and thoughtful
Reece Beckett
May 11
Q&A: TV Showrunners Dawn Prestwich & Nicole Yorkin on 30 Years As a Writing Team
Q&A: TV Showrunners Dawn Prestwich & Nicole Yorkin on 30 Years As a Writing Team
Consider this a masterclass on leaderscreative collaboration, showrunning, and surviving Hollywood
Cole Haddon
May 11
Mosab Abu Toha: Poet, Essayist and Pulitzer Prize Winner 2025
Mosab Abu Toha: Poet, Essayist and Pulitzer Prize Winner 2025
A Tale of Hope
Marc Barham
May 11
‘eXistenZ’: A Minor Cronenberg Is Better Than Most Movies
‘eXistenZ’: A Minor Cronenberg Is Better Than Most Movies
Any film by the Canadian director, in a film industry in clear decline, will always be more interesting than most. As if that weren’t…
Alejandro Orradre
May 11
Books Raised Me Better Than Adults Did
Books Raised Me Better Than Adults Did
I grew up half-raised by paperbacks
Erin J Daniel
May 10
Does Michael Myers Need to be Explained?
Does Michael Myers Need to be Explained?
How do you define The Shape?
Dylan Grable
May 10
Expat Rule #1: Don’t Trust Anyone
Expat Rule #1: Don’t Trust Anyone
Your trust must be earned, not given away.
Greyson Ferguson
May 10
‘The Gleaners’ — Millet
‘The Gleaners’ — Millet
One of the great paintings vindicating the rural world.
Alejandro Orradre
May 10
What ‘South of Midnight’ Teaches Us About Woke Video Games and Racism
What ‘South of Midnight’ Teaches Us About Woke Video Games and Racism
Exploring a true gem in 2025 gaming
Laura Westford
May 10
Review: ‘Celebrity’ — Woody Allen’s Simpering Cinema Satire
Review: ‘Celebrity’ — Woody Allen’s Simpering Cinema Satire
The New York-ian director takes jabs at the film industry, seemingly forgetting his own role within it
Reece Beckett
May 9
Did Charles Manson Inspire this Doors Lyric?
Did Charles Manson Inspire this Doors Lyric?
Manson’s “insane game” and The Doors’ “A Little Game”
Just Drugs and Rock & Roll
May 9
Eros and Thanatos: A Higher Unity In Art?
Eros and Thanatos: A Higher Unity In Art?
Sigmund Freud, Edvard Munch, Jaspar Johns and Tracey Emin.
Marc Barham
May 9
Mortal Lenses
Mortal Lenses
Music and morality
Terry Barr
May 9
‘Khauf’: The Real Horror Isn’t Fiction
‘Khauf’: The Real Horror Isn’t Fiction
In this recently released series, paranormal fears are dwarfed by reality
Azaar
May 9
Spirit As Story: Learning From Aboriginal Australians & Religious Frameworks
Spirit As Story: Learning From Aboriginal Australians & Religious Frameworks
Beyond God and religion: reclaiming the tools and frameworks of spirituality
Jess the Avocado
May 9
Show of Force: ‘Warfare’ Will Shake You Out of Your Skin
Show of Force: ‘Warfare’ Will Shake You Out of Your Skin
Written and co-directed by an Iraq war veteran, meet the combat movie that’s so authentic, it’s being compared to ‘Saving Private Ryan’.
good.film
May 8
The Trashing of Bill Belichick’s Girlfriend Sheds a Revealing Light on ‘Conclave’
The Trashing of Bill Belichick’s Girlfriend Sheds a Revealing Light on ‘Conclave’
Suddenly the famous football coach has lots of concerned friends. And their attitudes reflect a flaw in the papal selection…
Andrew Jazprose Hill
May 8
How Malcolm X Reconstructs His Childhood with Memories of Food in His Autobiography
How Malcolm X Reconstructs His Childhood with Memories of Food in His Autobiography
Remembering the Afro-American revolutionary and Muslim Minister on his birth centenary and exploring his relationship with food
Debasmita Dutta
May 8
Singing Evenings
Singing Evenings
What we lose without them
Jenna Zark
May 8
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