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Nam June Paik, ‘Moon is the Oldest TV’
The recent PBS documentary Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV, directed by Amanda Kim, recounts the seminal video artist’s rise to fame—first in Germany, where he was inspired by the work of John...
View ArticleIn Russia, Abortion Access Is Under Threat
Until I watched “Sex And The City,” in my university years, I hadn’t known there was a controversy around the subject of abortion. Miranda was about to have one, Charlotte disapproved, and Carrie...
View ArticleEducation, vs. Enough to Eat
When my older brother gained admission to university in 2016, my parents had to pool all their resources to foot the bill. His school fees were barely N30,000 (USD 38.90). A few years later, when it...
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Professor Pop
History is affected by discoveries we will make in the future. – Karl Popper It’s been more than twenty years since the publication of Adam Gopnik’s review in The New Yorker of Wittgenstein’s Poker,...
View ArticleDeleting Substack
Substack has announced its intention to continue to platform Nazis, in the face of a letter asking them to stop doing that, signed by a large number of the writers who publish on there. The puerile,...
View ArticleOpinionated Journalism
Tom Scocca’s essay in New York last week, “My Unraveling,” is a matter-of-fact dissection of the failings of the US health care system, and of the casual brutality with which society treats those who...
View Article120 Days Away from Home in North Gaza, Palestine
Ed. Note: We have withheld the author’s name to protect the family’s privacy. On October 7, 2023, in Gaza, my entire life changed. I am an accountant, married, with three kids, 2, 4, and 6 years old....
View ArticleBack Shortly!!
The launch of Flaming Hydra, the exciting new publishing collective of 60 celebrated writers from Brick House, has kept Popula’s editors and writers working at a blistering pace for the last few...
View ArticleA University Librarian Asks: How Do We Rescue the Past?
Arizona State University Librarian James O’Donnell’s comments on new developments in the lawsuit against the Internet Archive, published here with the author’s permission. The case of Hachette et al....
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