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Queer Symbolism is The Matrix’s True Legacy
Like many other kids of the ’90s, Myriad Augustine was a fan of The Matrix. But as a trans, non-binary person, their connection to the film series meant something different. Augustine knew their gender didn’t match with the gender assigned to them at birth, but as a child, there was little to do about this realization. […]
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Matrix star Jessica Henwick On the Style Trend She’d Resurrect
There’s no shortage of gratuitous reboots and revivals, but our imminent return to The Matrix actually makes sense. Even after the first film dropped in 1999, the dystopian cyberpunk aesthetic that The Matrix encapsulated is still a major style touchpoint decades later. Exhibit A? The outfit that the trilogy’s heroine Trinity (Carrie Anne Moss) wears […]
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The Matrix and ’90s Cyberpunk Style Lives On
The Matrix is a fashion film, actually. Since its release in 1999, the dystopian series has had viewers hooked. The sci-fi film — set in a world where humans are unknowingly trapped inside a simulated reality constructed by AI-powered machines — centered protagonist Neo (Canadian actor Keanu Reeves) as he fought alongside a team of […]
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Watch Scarlett Johansson in the Controversial Trailer for Ghost in the Shell
Scarlett Johansson has played robots and superheroes before, but nothing comes close to her latest role as The Major in the upcoming cyber-thriller Ghost in the Shell. Based on the manga graphic novel by Masamune Shirow, the flick has a few major issues surrounding it. As many have pointed out, the screen adaptation tries to […]
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SNP’s word of the day: Transmodernism
Illustration by Leiws Mirrett Word: Transmodernism
Meaning: A development in thought following the period of postmodernism.
Usage: “We’re in Transmodern times now, since postmodernism is now mostly dead.” — a commenter on the Kurt Anderson essay we talked about last week