Issue No.1 - DYSTOPIA

latest articles

Aug 22, 2018
3 min

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."

Aug 17, 2018
6 min

The Anti-Naturalism of Blade Runner 2049

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

Aug 14, 2018
5 min

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 th...

Aug 8, 2018
3 min

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...

Aug 2, 2018
4 min

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."

Aug 1, 2018
5 min

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.

Jul 30, 2018
3 min

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."

Jul 27, 2018
3 min

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 impro...

Jul 27, 2018
3 min

Another Atlantis: The Literature Behind The Brexit Dream

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

Jul 27, 2018
4 min

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 ...

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