Author Archives: Damien Walter

Ursula K. Le Guin has always been the GOAT of speculative fiction, the kind of writer who rewired how we think about society. But as of late 2025, she’s achieved a new level of clout: getting personally targeted by the FSB. Vladimir Putin just did the one thing guaranteed to make a 1969 sci-fi cultContinue reading “Ursula K Le Guin banned in Russia”

Sometimes a video essay script needs a final stage of work – to secure it against the Almighty Algorithm. Our new robo-censors can’t tell the difference between actual Nazis and critique of Nazis. Also people love to clip critiques of racism out of context to make the critic look racist. So I have to findContinue reading “Joker Right SCRIPT PREVIEW”