How Taylor Swift became this generation’s Franz Liszt and James Joyce wrapped in one Continue reading
October 26, 2023
by Alex King
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Category Archives: Essays
November 2, 2022
by Aesthetics for Birds
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AI Art is Art
If readymades and photography are art, then so is art made by DALL-E, Midjourney, and the rest. Continue reading
September 15, 2022
by Aesthetics for Birds
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Accessibility and the Problem of Alt Text: Who Is It For and How Could It Be Better?
An analysis of the intricacies of how alternative text is used to communicate fundamentally visual information in a linguistic mode. Continue reading
September 8, 2022
by Aesthetics for Birds
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What Should We Do About Problematic Characters and Their Bad Fans?
Bad fans think morally condemnable characters are good and admirable. Are they wrong? Continue reading
August 25, 2022
by Aesthetics for Birds
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Park Jiwon on Why Crows Aren’t Black
What an 18th-century Korean philosopher can teach us about vision and color Continue reading
August 5, 2022
by Aesthetics for Birds
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Picturing Philosophy: How to Do Philosophy in the Visual Mode
Once you let go of philosophy as abstract ideas put into writing, you start to see it in lots of places, including images. Continue reading
April 6, 2022
by Aesthetics for Birds
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The Mississippi River in the Land of 10,000 Lakes
The Mississippi River may look like just another river, but experiencing it can contain so much more. Continue reading
October 1, 2021
by Alex King
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The Performative Wokeness of Netflix’s The Chair
Netflix’s new comedy/drama gets some key things wrong about higher education, including its “sendup” of woke culture. Continue reading
August 27, 2021
by Aesthetics for Birds
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What Promising Young Woman Gets Right About Misogyny and Male Violence
Promising Young Woman is an unsatisfying film. But that’s what it gets deeply right about misogyny and patriarchy. Continue reading
August 19, 2021
by Aesthetics for Birds
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Astrology: Informative, Harmful, or Just Plain Fun?
Reading star signs does not reliably lead to knowledge, so why read them? Because it’s fun. Continue reading
