Issue No.1 - DYSTOPIA

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Daily Mail Dystopia: The 1000 Days that Destroyed Britain Reviewed

"Dystopias are the cultural symbols of a declining order: of the Death of the West."

The Anti-Naturalism of Blade Runner 2049

“If nature is unjust, then change nature!” By Ebba Webster.

Finding Love Among The Virtual Undead

By Sachal Khan “A few days ago on top of this castle, I told her I love her. At the dam, we put down our guns and bags and waded into...

Post-Apocalyptic Post-Racism In Fallout 4 & Horizon Zero Dawn

By Natasha Thrale "It’s bizarre that a society which aesthetically and culturally didn’t develop too far past the 1950s was able to shake...

Art on the Breadline in Hans Fallada's "Little Man, What Now?"

..."Despite an ocean and a world war between us and Johannes Pinneberg, capitalism continues grinding ‘little’ people to the bone."

Robots In 'Metropolis': A Dystopian Future For Social Inequality

Fritz Lang’s 1927 silent dystopia Metropolis stands alone as an uncompromising artwork and prophetic vision of the future.

When Capitalism Consumes: Deleting the Socialism from William Morris

"The typeface was that used by Morris & Co, and the packaging suggested that somehow Morris had been reborn as a cosmetics salesman."

The Sims: Capitalism, As Promised

By Eden Grape “Heading home at 2PM every day with another 400 simoleons in my pocket gives me the time and freedom I need to really...

Another Atlantis: The Literature Behind The Brexit Dream

“In Brexit-land, the two-eyed gammon shines a blinding light”. by Stephen Bench.

Cyst and Disease: Zommunism Part 2

By Matthew Higgins ‘Right. Left. Right. Left.’ Slower than it took the actual zombies to walk, a compromised version of Zommunism in its...