Tamagotchi Girlfriend & The Future of Retrofuturism
The past has its own romance—but this, like all relationships, can only be fully understood in retrospect. by Colin Broadmoor “Hello, Dave! Thank you for joining me. Please, have a seat.” In the old days they would have shaken hands, but, instead, they
Body For Sale, Slightly Worn
In Masaaki Yuasa’s Kaiba, minds and bodies are just two more commodities on the market—revealing capitalism’s own dysfunctional relationship to bodily pleasure. by Will Riley In the first episode of 2008’s Kaiba, a sci-fi anime from Masaaki Yuasa, we find the male
Everyone Is Beautiful and No One Is Horny
Modern action and superhero films fetishize the body, even as they desexualize it. by RS Benedict When Paul Verhoeven adapted Starship Troopers in the late 1990s, did he know he was predicting the future? The endless desert war, the ubiquity of military
We’re More Than Our Aliens: Sex, Sexuality, & Aliens in Super Deluxe
The genre-bending Tamil sci-fi/sex-comedy challenges sexual norms, even as it falls back on sexual normativity. by Shinjini Dey The figure of the alien requires no introduction. It’s a category and a concept that is as common on immigration forms as it is
Bathory’s Daughters: The Lesbian Vampire in Kink Context
Often dismissed as titillation for male audiences, the figure of the lesbian vampire functions as a vital window into kink, ritual, and leather history. by Annie Rose Malamet // Illustration by Sam Hindman The lesbian vampire remains a figure rafted between two
A Culture of Our Own
If you think fan culture is leading us into artistic poverty, you don't know fan culture. by Lis Coburn NOTE: This piece is a response to Colin Broadmoor's article arguing that fandom is failing us in our January issue. 'Tis apparently the season