Seditious Thoughts

A pause. A thought. A refusal.
Emmet Gowin, Concerning America and Alfred Stieglitz, and Myself, circa 1964

Son Lux - Easy: A Short Note on Pain and Surrender

Drawing on the unsettling melody of Son Lux, this short note explores the song as a manual for pain. It deconstructs the promise of freedom found in the erasure of the subject, where ‘ripping out your heart’ becomes a survival strategy.

May 13, 2026 · 2 min · Seditious Thoughts

The Outsider can't stop watching: Dishonored, retromania, and the loop

Through a looping tape structure, this essay traps you in the Outsider’s condition: endlessly replaying the past, celebrating anniversaries, hitting Quick Load instead of moving forward. We live in Simon Reynolds’s ’total archive’ - a Void where the Outsider watches for 4000 years and we can’t stop scrolling. Billie Lurk pressed [ERASE]. Will you?

April 11, 2026 · 20 min · Seditious Thoughts

Epstein files - Who does the law protect?

This essay strips away the illusion of equal treatment under the law. Using an imagined conversation between ‘Squid Game’ style elites, it explores the epistemological gap between Luigi Mangione’s rapid trial and the sealed lists of Jeffrey Epstein’s clients, proving that the legal system’s primary directive is to preserve the hierarchy of capital.

February 25, 2026 · 6 min · Seditious Thoughts
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