WRITING

Books

Journal Articles

• “Reframing Concussions, Masculinity and NFL Mythology in League of Denial.” Popular Communication, Vol. 14, No. 1 (2016): 49-57.
• Invited contribution: “Contemplating the Future of Bike Advocacy, or, ‘We Have Nothing to Lose but Our (Bike) Chains’.” Post: Brasiliense Journal of Postgraduate Studies in Social Sciences, Vol. 12, No. 1 (2013): 121-152. 
  • Translated and published in Portuguese as “Nao Temos Nada a Perder, Exceto Nossas Correntes (de Bicicleta).” Pós: Revista Brasiliense de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Sociais, Vol. 12, No. 1 (2013): 121-152.
• “Critical Mass, Urban Space and Vélomobility.” Mobilities, Vol. 2, No. 2 (2007): 299-319.
• “Biketivism and Technology: Historical Reflections and Appropriations.” Social Epistemology, Vol. 19, No. 4 (2005): 401-417.

Chapters in Edited Books

• Reprint: “Alternative Media: The Art of Rebellion.” In America Now 14e North Carolina A&T University, ed. Robert Atwan (New York: Bedford, Freeman & Worth, forthcoming). 
• Reprint: “Alternative Media: The Art of Rebellion.” In Classroom Teaching: An Introduction, 2nd Ed., eds. Shirley Steinberg and Joe Kinchloe (New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2018), 217-224.
• Invited contribution: “Foreword.” In Punk Pedagogies in Practice, eds. Gareth Dylan Smith, Mike Dines & Tom Parkinson (London: Routledge, 2017), xi-xii.
• Invited contribution: “Foreword.” In Bicycles and Bicycling in Literature and Culture, eds. Jeremy Withers and Daniel Shea (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2015), xi-xii.
• “‘Petroleum Distillation’ by Fifteen.” In Rebel Music: Teaching Social Justice Through Hip Hop and Punk, eds. Priya Parmar, Anthony J. Nocella II, Scott Robertson, and Martha Diaz, 13-18 (Charlotte: Information Age Publishing, 2014).
• Invited contribution: “Bicycles.” In Handbook of Mobilities, eds. Peter Adey, David Bissell, Kevin Hannam, Peter Merriman and Mimi Sheller, 316-325 (London: Routledge, 2014).
• (Co-authored with Thomas Oates) “The Political Football: Culture, Critique, and the NFL.” In The NFL: Critical and Cultural Perspectives, eds. Thomas P. Oates and Zack Furness, 1-12 (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2014).
• “Attempted Education and Righteous Accusations.” In Punkademics, ed. Zack Furness, 5-24 (New York & London: Minor Compositions/Autonomedia, 2012).
• (Co-authored with Milo Aukerman) “Milo Went to College: An Interview with a Descendent.” In Punkademics, ed. Zack Furness, 49-56 (New York & London: Minor Compositions/Autonomedia, 2012).
• “Paved with Good Intentions.” In Bikeness: Designing For Chicago Bike Culture, eds. Kevin Henry and Matt Byerly, 84-89 (Chicago: Columbia College, 2012).
  • Reprinted and translated into 14 languages in The Sunday Indian Magazine, Nov 8, 2009, 52. Noida, India. Available here as a PDF and also online.
• “Critical Mass Rides Against Car Culture.” In Cycling—Philosophy for Everyone: A Philosophical Tour de Force, eds. Mike Austin and Jesús Ilundáin, 134-145 (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010).
• “Alternative Media: The Art of Rebellion.” In Media Literacy: A Reader, eds. Donaldo Macedo and Shirley Steinberg, 181-196 (New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2007).
• “My Dad Kicked Ass for a Living.” In Collective Action: A Bad Subjects Anthology, eds. Megan Prelinger and Joel Schalit, 181-196 (Ann Arbor: Pluto Press, 2004).

Print and Web Publications

• “African Americans and Jews: The Black Lives Matter Controversy,” The Battleground (EU), 15 July 2020.
• “The NCAA Should Cancel the Football Season,” Tropics of Meta, 10 July 2020.
• “Party Lines: Pittsburgh’s Telephone Music Service,” Pittsburgh Magazine, Nov 2019.
• “Hearts and Vultures,” Souciant, 26 Aug 2019.
• “More Info, Please,” Souciant, 2 July 2019.
• “Undignified Meals,” Souciant, 5 March 2019.
• “Ütopya ve Sehir: David Pinder ile Söyleşi,” Betonart, No. 52 (2017): 30-33. Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Turkish translation and reprint of “Utopia and the City: An Interview with David Pinder,” Bad Subjects #78 (2007).
• “The Work of Art in the Age of Martin Shkreli,” Souciant, Sep 12, 2017.
• “America Needs Smart People,” Souciant, April 10, 2016 (Interview with Lookout Records’ Larry Livermore, part II).
• “Long Live Lookout Records,” Souciant, April 5, 2016 (Interview with Lookout Records’ Larry Livermore, part I).
• “The Wu-Tang Clan’s Failed Experiment,” Souciant, Dec 16, 2015.
• “Museums from Below,” Souciant, June 24, 2015.
• “Defending Anarchism: A Review of David Graeber’s The Democracy Project,” Souciant, June 25, 2013.
• “Sports and Politics: A Review of Dave Zirin’s Bad Sports,” Souciant, May 15, 2013.
• “Cabela’s Hearts Indians,” Souciant, Nov 24, 2011.
• “Walking Wounded: Author Carrie A. Rentschler Reframes the Discourse of Victimization,” Bitch Magazine: Feminist Response to Pop Culture, No. 52 (2011), p.19-21.
• “Cultural Studies: A Whole Way of Life,” @LAS: The Annual Magazine of the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Columbia College Chicago, Fall 2011.
• “Bike to Work Today!,” North Philly Notes (Temple University Press blog), May 21, 2010.
• “It’s Alright to Cry (and Needlepoint): Rosey Grier, Football Hero and Unlikely Craft God,” Bitch Magazine: Feminist Response to Pop Culture, No. 49 (Winter, 2010), pp. 17-18, 21.
• “Utopia and the City: An Interview with David Pinder,” PopMatters, 18 July 2009. Originally published in Bad Subjects #78 (2007).
• “Paved with Good Intentions,” The Sunday Indian, Nov 8, 2009, 52.
• “Federico Gomez: Pioneer of the Hardcore Punk Scene in Israel,” Punk Planet #80, July/Aug 2007, pp. 40-43.
• “Interview with Microcosm Publishing,” Punk Planet #65, Jan/Feb 2005, pp. 46-47.
• “Under Achievement: The Philadelphia Public Schools Crisis,” Punk Planet #51, 2002, pp. 94-97.
• “Review of Evasion,” Fifth Estate, Vol. 37 (2002), pp. 50-51.

Bad Subjects

Founded in 1992, Bad Subjects was one of the pioneering publications on the Internet, providing a venue for accessible cultural criticism that reached hundreds of thousands of readers from around the world. I served as a member of the editorial Production Team from 2003-2013.

Issue Editor

• Editor, Bad Subjects #78: Hope (2007).
• Editor, Bad Subjects #70: Open Issue (2004).
• Co-editor with Jonathan Sterne, Bad Subjects #64: Panic (2003).

Articles

• “The Obama Administration and the Rule of ‘Opposite Day’,” Bad Subjects #80: Obama Annus Unus (2009).
• “Utopia and the City: An Interview with David Pinder,” Bad Subjects #78: Hope (2007).
• “Anti-Zionism is NOT Anti-Semitism: Reflections on Palestine and What I’ve Learned,” Bad Subjects #77: Dead Heads of State (2007).
• “Race, Class and Bicycling,” Bad Subjects #76: Race and Culture (2006).
• “Notes on Nudity and Pubic Hair,” Bad Subjects #70: Open Issue (2004).
• “Blackout,” Bad Subjects #64: Panic (2003).
• “Cruisin’ Envy: The Battle Between Bikes and Cars,” Bad Subjects #59: Cruising (2002).
• “My Dad Kicked Ass for a Living,” Bad Subjects #57: Television (2001).

Editorials, Reviews, and Artwork

• “New Boss, Same as the Old Boss,” Bad Subjects (2011).
• “Shoe Resistance: A Pictorial,” Bad Subjects #80: Obama Annus Unus (2009).
• “The Congestion Coalition,” Bad Subjects (2007).
• “War Ensemble,” Bad Subjects (2006).
• “Oil Addiction? No Kidding,” Bad Subjects (2006).
• “Al Gore – An Inconvenient Truth,” Bad Subjects (2006).
• “Critters Buggin – Live at Neumo’s (12/16/2006),” Bad Subjects (2006).
• “The Slingshot Collective – 2006 Slingshot Organizer,” Bad Subjects (2006).
• “Crimethinc. – Days of War, Nights of Love,” Bad Subjects (2001).