Posts By: Eleni Maragkou

Reckless Endeavours, Ethics, and Memes — Reflections on the Fraught Side of Raving

By Eleni Maragkou, December 7, 2023

At its core, raving has existed in opposition to normativity, and so has electronic music. If newcomers enticed by hard trance remixes of 2000’s Top 40 hits embrace this opposition, it is often done in ways removed from history. As Loren Granic AKA Goddollars, co-founder and resident of A Club Called Rhonda in Los Angeles, stated: [...]

The Great Parler Hack

By Eleni Maragkou, January 11, 2021

In the aftermath of the chaotic coup-that-wasn’t incited by a Brady Bunch of QAnon conspiracists, Proud Boys, and everyday American Trumpists on January 6, 2021, their newfound home, alternative (read: white supremacist-friendly) social platform Parler is in trouble. Amazon has dropped the controversial platform from its AWS hosting service starting Sunday night, January 10. Apple [...]

The Conspiracy Theorist as Influencer

By Eleni Maragkou, December 8, 2020

Here’s a conversation starter: “What do you do?” “I research conspiracy theories.” This response is usually met with varied forms of excitement and curiosity: “Oh, sick, I love conspiracy theories!”, “Like what, 9/11? You know, I think it was an inside job”, “You know, I think this corona stuff is made up by [insert global [...]

Out Now: TOD#37 From Opinions to Images by Ulus Baker

By Eleni Maragkou, October 22, 2020

“Baker’s first extensive translation to English provides us with a much-needed intervention for re-imagining social thought and visual media, at a time when sociology tends to be reduced to an analysis of ‘big data’, and the pedagogical powers of the image are reduced to data visualization and infographics.” From the book’s back cover. Ulus Baker [...]