The Protagonist Is Never in Control

In your first memory of him, you are four years old, and you are being suffocated.…

Are you half?

This essay is part of Avidly’s “Too Real” series, guest edited by Carissa M. Harris: a…

Everything is Open

The first lock I ever picked was my own: one day in my sophomore year of…

Back to the Age of Political Strongmen

On a hot sweaty day in Taipei in July, in front of the Presidential Office on…

Are Libraries the Future of Media?

On a cold Saturday last November I needed a place to work, and decided to head…

The anatomy of a Facebook account heist

Jessica Sems was on Facebook at 2 am when hackers struck in a series of attacks.…