Lucas Puente (Stanford): Unlocking the Secrets of the Temple: An Analysis of the Politics of the FOMC. From Vice, a special issue on Bob Guccione. In the modern redux, penis is patriarchy, and patriarchy is violence — but must showing one's penis be to endorse power and privilege? Michael Thomsen on an intimate reconsideration of male nudity. Robert Zaretsky on Syria and the Peace of Westphalia. Where are the leaders who can break us out of this historical void? Lilia Shevtsova on the end of the titans' era. Nicky Smith on why “hipster” is a meaningless slur: It’s not so different than “faggot”. The introduction to Our Bodies, Whose Property? by Anne Phillips. Is gratification better delayed? “Anticipation is also a pleasure in itself, some would say greater than that of indulgence”. From Tradition, Family and Property, Jeremiah Wells on the clash between two cities. Nader Hashemi on Syria, savagery, and self-determination: What those against military intervention are missing (from The Syria Dilemma, ed. Nader Hashemi and Danny Postel). Nonfiction narratives in under 750 words: Robin Kalinich interviews Dinty Moore, editor of Brevity. Who really said that? Corey Robin on how all that is necessary for misquotes to triumph is for good scholars to do nothing. PopFront is about debate, discussion and dialogue, and hoping for a soft launch in Winter 2013 and a hard launch in January — right now, they’re looking for collaborators.
