50: Fear

Introduction: Fear

Frederick Aldama, Jeremy Russell, Aaron Shuman
What are you afraid of? This simple question is the germ of Bad Subjects' fiftieth issue.

The Abyss and You: A Brief Anatomy of Fear

Nora Connor
It's not so easy to recover the source and temper of the feeling of fear itself. This makes sense in the realm of the most banal of fears.

For the Love of Money

Robert Soza
What about Africa? The Middle East? Latin America? Or the "developing" nations of Asia? How will these peripheral regions fare in the emerging era of trade blocks?

Ingrate

Jeremy Russell
Ingrate -- A Bad Subject is born -- a cartoon.

Cross-Dressing in Bulgaria: Gay-Identity, Post-Communist Fear, and Magical Love

Robin S. Brooks
I expected no surprises from Spartakus, Sofia, Bulgaria's oldest Private Mix Club. But...

Fear and Loathing on Sixth Street: Does Austin's High-Tech Future Mean Music Is a Thing of the Past?

Lindsay Eck
Though gentrification and the damage it can wreak on arts districts have been widely detailed for other cities, the way in which Austin, Texas faces a tradeoff between prosperity and creativity has special aspects that are worth examining in detail.

Bungee Jumping and Our Schizophrenic Society

Sheen Brenkuss
It is my sincere belief that people who bungee jump are completely out of their minds.

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Fear of God

Chris Orlet
My friends were going to Hell. For it is written: He who curses, looks at photographs of naked women, or plays hooky from Sunday mass shall burn in eternal hellfire.

Do You Fear Fear? Docile Bodies and Fear of the Other

Arturo J. Aldama
Fear is both the justification that drives the disciplinary apparatus of the nation-state and the intended effects on the body politic.

Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid: The Pedagogy of Fear

Brent Malin
My Grandpa was a smart man, who no doubt would have been interested in arguments about the construction of manhood and its consequences. Still, I'm not sure that knowing this intellectually would have solved our dilemma.

Poverty: A Triptych from Poor Magazine

Lisa Gray-Garcia, D'Shawn Williams, Cosmo Franklin, Dee Gray
These three essays on the fears of poverty are reprinted from Poor Magazine.

Bad Subjects: The Contributors

Bad Subjects: The Contributors

Diallo Verdict Demonstration NYC 2/26/00

Mike Mosher
Mike Mosher watched from an immobilized taxicab as the demonstration protesting the acquittal of the police who killed Amadou Diallo swirled down Fifth Avenue around him on one side, an army of police on the other.