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Punk Rocks: Jesus Christ Allin and his Faecal Covered Disciples:Rosa Caleb Rae profiles a hugely divisive and transgressive figure of late-20th century American punk, GG Allin.
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How I Went Viral Twice:Rachel Hunt’s perceptive and richly descriptive take on her own fleeting viral fame interrogates the insidious dynamic that social media has with its own users.
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Frankenstein (2025): Reclaiming the Monstrous in a Modern Age:Following the release of last year’s film adaptation of Frankenstein, directed by Guillermo del Toro, Sasha Ehrhard investigates the reframing of Shelley’s tale through a contemporary and intersectional lens.
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Confessions from the Cubicle Cult:Alice Robson uses her short-form essay to vigorously defend the practice of bathroom cubicle graffiti, in which the grimy walls of WCs become spaces of discussion, reflection and delicious irreverence.
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Cult Following: Niche Fandoms, Flaunted Merch and Legends in the Making:In an observational essay, Fariha Islam discusses what exactly makes artists, musicians and cultural figures so captivating to their respective devoted audiences.
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Everything Familiar: A Liturgy of the Feed:In her observational essay, Ella Dean tackles contemporary social media streams that are beginning to shape the way we interact and behave in real time, whether we like it or not.
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Prostitution (1976): Parasocial Relationships and the Issue of Cult Followings:In an astute examination of one of the ICA’s most controversial exhibitions, Sasha Ehrhard dissects COUM Transmissions’ attempt to subvert the relentless consumption of pop cultural figures.
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Alter Christus: The Cult of Video Game Personalities and Why it Has Got Out of Hand:In a sharp analysis of the state of contemporary video gaming, Andrea Sini offers a well-observed prognosis for an industry becoming insidiously devoted to its newfound messianic figures.
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Jennifer Walton:Goldsmiths student and music journalist Sasha Mills speaks with the musician and DJ Jennifer Walton to commemorate her new album Daughters.
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Becoming With
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Vignettes of Parallel Lifetimes
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Acts of Kindness
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Contemporary British Eco-fiction. Embracing Nature in Daisy Hildyard’s Emergency (2022)
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‘Algeria Unveiled’ (1959) and The Veiling of Memory
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Deep Cleaning Astringent
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The World We Carry
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Baptism of Vanity
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Enough Space
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A Magpie’s Collection
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We breathe with…
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If the Chair Could Talk: Lifetime Support
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Lessons from Mike Kelley’s Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstructions
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Please Love Me
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Nostalgic Souvenirs
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Aren’t I Lucky?
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Warping and Wefting
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Wicked Wisps
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The Importance of Treasured Items
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01 The Serenity I Carry
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02 The Taste That I Carry
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There at my Earliest Memory
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Next Stop
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(Don’t) Be Naughty!
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Guilt in Samanta Schweblin’s Fever Dream
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Guilt Transformed
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Perhaps?
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Undone
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The Guilty Older Sister
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Boys will be boys, but can girls just be girls?