Frank, Utopian Marxist
@frankgothic.bsky.social
Historian | Communist ✊| Catholic | Internationalist | Writer | NB Queer (They/He) | Spooky Left | Co-host of Left Page & Here Be Media podcasts
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this month marks Protean's 8th year. the mag has been wholly reliant on many, many hours of our free labor. output is also limited because we pay writers.
i just lost my main day-job income (to AI, no less). unfortunately, without more support, it's just not viable to keep going like this forever.
i just lost my main day-job income (to AI, no less). unfortunately, without more support, it's just not viable to keep going like this forever.
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December 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
this month marks Protean's 8th year. the mag has been wholly reliant on many, many hours of our free labor. output is also limited because we pay writers.
i just lost my main day-job income (to AI, no less). unfortunately, without more support, it's just not viable to keep going like this forever.
i just lost my main day-job income (to AI, no less). unfortunately, without more support, it's just not viable to keep going like this forever.
Check out our most Communist episode yet! And with Brazilian Literature, no less!
NEW LEFT PAGE!!
Episode 97 - Golden Harvest: Abolish the Present State!
We’re getting back to Brazilian Literature at last, with a very special recommendation!
It’s Jorge Amado’s Golden Harvest, on capitalism, imperialism and exploitation!
Enjoy!
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Episode 97 - Golden Harvest: Abolish the Present State!
We’re getting back to Brazilian Literature at last, with a very special recommendation!
It’s Jorge Amado’s Golden Harvest, on capitalism, imperialism and exploitation!
Enjoy!
shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...
November 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Check out our most Communist episode yet! And with Brazilian Literature, no less!
We talk about an actual *good* sci-fi film! Imagine that!
Jokes aside, we go into the question of how Language, communication, time, and breaking these limits apart can be so utterly radical
And indeed, can help us build ways to confront capital!
Give it a listen!
Jokes aside, we go into the question of how Language, communication, time, and breaking these limits apart can be so utterly radical
And indeed, can help us build ways to confront capital!
Give it a listen!
NEW HERE BE MEDIA!!
Episode 62 - Arrival (2016): Posadist Aliens Show Us the End of History
Diving into some more science fiction to untangle the importance of language and reframing time and perspective to create ways of breaking free from capitalism
Enjoy!
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Episode 62 - Arrival (2016): Posadist Aliens Show Us the End of History
Diving into some more science fiction to untangle the importance of language and reframing time and perspective to create ways of breaking free from capitalism
Enjoy!
shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...
Here Be Media - Episode 62 - Arrival (2016): Posadist Aliens Show Us the End of History | The Left Page & Here Be Media
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November 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
We talk about an actual *good* sci-fi film! Imagine that!
Jokes aside, we go into the question of how Language, communication, time, and breaking these limits apart can be so utterly radical
And indeed, can help us build ways to confront capital!
Give it a listen!
Jokes aside, we go into the question of how Language, communication, time, and breaking these limits apart can be so utterly radical
And indeed, can help us build ways to confront capital!
Give it a listen!
Happy Halloween!
Enjoy our last October treat with this phenomenal episode with our good friend Jay!!
Enjoy our last October treat with this phenomenal episode with our good friend Jay!!
New Here Be Media!
Titane: Liberté, Egalité, Peugeot Coupé!
Join us as @wildeatheart.bsky.social and @laboringleon.bsky.social put the trans in transmission, and talk about cars and queer stuff!
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Titane: Liberté, Egalité, Peugeot Coupé!
Join us as @wildeatheart.bsky.social and @laboringleon.bsky.social put the trans in transmission, and talk about cars and queer stuff!
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October 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Happy Halloween!
Enjoy our last October treat with this phenomenal episode with our good friend Jay!!
Enjoy our last October treat with this phenomenal episode with our good friend Jay!!
Hell yeah!!! Can’t wait to have it on hand!!
A new Brazilian Portuguese translation of Capitalism A Horror Story is now available for order from Autonomia Literária (absolutely love this cover too!)
autonomialiteraria.com.br/loja/teoria-...
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Capitalismo, uma história de horror: o marxismo gótico e o lado obscuro da imaginação radical
Autor: Jon Greenaway Tradução: André Kanasiro Revisão: Gabriela Barizon Edição: Hugo Albuquerque Diagramação: Manuela Beloni Capa: Artur Torres e Giovanna Slompo Ano: 2025 Páginas: 248 páginas ISBN…
autonomialiteraria.com.br
October 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Hell yeah!!! Can’t wait to have it on hand!!
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The perfect Halloween treat: two great podcasts teaming up to talk about Berserk😁🔥
👇👇👇
👇👇👇
New Left Page!!
Episode 96 - Berserk (Golden Age): Revitalizing Your Resolve w/ @horrorvanguard.bsky.social!!
Our annual Halloween special features one of the greats! Guts, his big sword, and all the emotional turmoil involved!
We’re doing Berserk! Enjoy!
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Episode 96 - Berserk (Golden Age): Revitalizing Your Resolve w/ @horrorvanguard.bsky.social!!
Our annual Halloween special features one of the greats! Guts, his big sword, and all the emotional turmoil involved!
We’re doing Berserk! Enjoy!
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October 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The perfect Halloween treat: two great podcasts teaming up to talk about Berserk😁🔥
👇👇👇
👇👇👇
It’s been a long time coming! And we’re finally *starting* this incomparable manga!
Check it out!
Check it out!
New Left Page!!
Episode 96 - Berserk (Golden Age): Revitalizing Your Resolve w/ @horrorvanguard.bsky.social!!
Our annual Halloween special features one of the greats! Guts, his big sword, and all the emotional turmoil involved!
We’re doing Berserk! Enjoy!
shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...
Episode 96 - Berserk (Golden Age): Revitalizing Your Resolve w/ @horrorvanguard.bsky.social!!
Our annual Halloween special features one of the greats! Guts, his big sword, and all the emotional turmoil involved!
We’re doing Berserk! Enjoy!
shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...
October 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It’s been a long time coming! And we’re finally *starting* this incomparable manga!
Check it out!
Check it out!
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Despite the serious tone of this episode the game isn't (exclusively) gloomy though!
October 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Despite the serious tone of this episode the game isn't (exclusively) gloomy though!
Reposted by Frank, Utopian Marxist
NEW HERE BE MEDIA
Episode 60 - El Paso: Elsewhere: Facing All That’s Abyssal
We’re talking about Vampires! Looking at the voids and holes created by harm and abuse, into these abysses we teased, we’ll find ways to face these scars, and try to heal them
Enjoy!
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Episode 60 - El Paso: Elsewhere: Facing All That’s Abyssal
We’re talking about Vampires! Looking at the voids and holes created by harm and abuse, into these abysses we teased, we’ll find ways to face these scars, and try to heal them
Enjoy!
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Here Be Media - Episode 60 - El Paso: Elsewhere: Facing All That's Abyssal | The Left Page & Here Be Media
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October 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
NEW HERE BE MEDIA
Episode 60 - El Paso: Elsewhere: Facing All That’s Abyssal
We’re talking about Vampires! Looking at the voids and holes created by harm and abuse, into these abysses we teased, we’ll find ways to face these scars, and try to heal them
Enjoy!
shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...
Episode 60 - El Paso: Elsewhere: Facing All That’s Abyssal
We’re talking about Vampires! Looking at the voids and holes created by harm and abuse, into these abysses we teased, we’ll find ways to face these scars, and try to heal them
Enjoy!
shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...
We’re talking about vampires! And how this smaller indie game can do a far better job at a truly messy and difficult relationship!
(Far better than other vampires we’ve spoken of in the pod’s history!)
(Far better than other vampires we’ve spoken of in the pod’s history!)
NEW HERE BE MEDIA
Episode 60 - El Paso: Elsewhere: Facing All That’s Abyssal
We’re talking about Vampires! Looking at the voids and holes created by harm and abuse, into these abysses we teased, we’ll find ways to face these scars, and try to heal them
Enjoy!
shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...
Episode 60 - El Paso: Elsewhere: Facing All That’s Abyssal
We’re talking about Vampires! Looking at the voids and holes created by harm and abuse, into these abysses we teased, we’ll find ways to face these scars, and try to heal them
Enjoy!
shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...
Here Be Media - Episode 60 - El Paso: Elsewhere: Facing All That's Abyssal | The Left Page & Here Be Media
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October 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We’re talking about vampires! And how this smaller indie game can do a far better job at a truly messy and difficult relationship!
(Far better than other vampires we’ve spoken of in the pod’s history!)
(Far better than other vampires we’ve spoken of in the pod’s history!)
Leon is a hero of the podcast
Live footage of me playing 14 games for the pod only to realize that none of them are worth writing about.
October 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Leon is a hero of the podcast
And it’s most definitely not what you could expect!
October 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
And it’s most definitely not what you could expect!
Once more into the land of cyberpunk! And a phenomenal one at that!
Gender, gender everywhere! And it’s wonderful!
Gender, gender everywhere! And it’s wonderful!
NEW HERE BE MEDIA
Episode 59 - Ghost in the Shell (1995): This whole thing smacks of gender
One of the best Sci-fi all time, and they’re right! Join us in discussing identity, more cyberpunk, and a heap of gender!
Enjoy!
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Episode 59 - Ghost in the Shell (1995): This whole thing smacks of gender
One of the best Sci-fi all time, and they’re right! Join us in discussing identity, more cyberpunk, and a heap of gender!
Enjoy!
shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...
Here Be Media - Episode 59 - Ghost in the Shell (1995): This whole thing smacks of gender | The Left Page & Here Be Media
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September 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Once more into the land of cyberpunk! And a phenomenal one at that!
Gender, gender everywhere! And it’s wonderful!
Gender, gender everywhere! And it’s wonderful!
We conclude The Expanse!!
What a phenomenal suggestion from Leon, and what a bountiful series of ideas, and even research I did from it! And so we wrap up on this series, while still being critical on it
Check it out!!
What a phenomenal suggestion from Leon, and what a bountiful series of ideas, and even research I did from it! And so we wrap up on this series, while still being critical on it
Check it out!!
NEW LEFT PAGE!!
Episode 95 - The Expanse 7-9: Ideals for the Dreamless
We finalise The Expanse! Thinking of its last 3 books and overall merits in materialism, and the lingering problems in its liberalism.
And yet, it’s a must read, and worth talking about
Enjoy!
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Episode 95 - The Expanse 7-9: Ideals for the Dreamless
We finalise The Expanse! Thinking of its last 3 books and overall merits in materialism, and the lingering problems in its liberalism.
And yet, it’s a must read, and worth talking about
Enjoy!
shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...
September 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
We conclude The Expanse!!
What a phenomenal suggestion from Leon, and what a bountiful series of ideas, and even research I did from it! And so we wrap up on this series, while still being critical on it
Check it out!!
What a phenomenal suggestion from Leon, and what a bountiful series of ideas, and even research I did from it! And so we wrap up on this series, while still being critical on it
Check it out!!
Thank you to Leon for both proposing and executing not just a great idea, but a different new idea! On video, no less!
And it was a great time talking about music, historical representations, recreations, and plenty more!
Try it out and let us know what you think!!!
And it was a great time talking about music, historical representations, recreations, and plenty more!
Try it out and let us know what you think!!!
NEW KIND OF EPISODE!!
Conversation 3: Videogame OSTs and The Two Pillars of Heracles
A video episode!
An experimental show for our first video content, about music, "historical accuracy and more!
It's interesting! It's new! Check it out for free members!
www.patreon.com/posts/conver...
Conversation 3: Videogame OSTs and The Two Pillars of Heracles
A video episode!
An experimental show for our first video content, about music, "historical accuracy and more!
It's interesting! It's new! Check it out for free members!
www.patreon.com/posts/conver...
Converstion 3: Videogame OSTs and The Two Pillars of Heracles | The Left Page & Here Be Media
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September 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Thank you to Leon for both proposing and executing not just a great idea, but a different new idea! On video, no less!
And it was a great time talking about music, historical representations, recreations, and plenty more!
Try it out and let us know what you think!!!
And it was a great time talking about music, historical representations, recreations, and plenty more!
Try it out and let us know what you think!!!
It's the French game! It's good! And bad!
So we had to spend some time thinking over its mechanical success... and serious pitfalls in colonialist practices and psychologically-obsessed storytelling
Give it a listen!
So we had to spend some time thinking over its mechanical success... and serious pitfalls in colonialist practices and psychologically-obsessed storytelling
Give it a listen!
NEW HERE BE MEDIA
Episode 58 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33: Ontological Crash Out with André (@andrekanasiro.bsky.social)!
The French game is one of the biggest this year, and we had to talk about how it can be so good...and have many many colonial problems.
Enjoy!
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Episode 58 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33: Ontological Crash Out with André (@andrekanasiro.bsky.social)!
The French game is one of the biggest this year, and we had to talk about how it can be so good...and have many many colonial problems.
Enjoy!
shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...
Here Be Media - Episode 58 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33: Ontological Crash Out w/ André | The Left Page & Here Be Media
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August 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
It's the French game! It's good! And bad!
So we had to spend some time thinking over its mechanical success... and serious pitfalls in colonialist practices and psychologically-obsessed storytelling
Give it a listen!
So we had to spend some time thinking over its mechanical success... and serious pitfalls in colonialist practices and psychologically-obsessed storytelling
Give it a listen!
We’re at sea with our great friend Jon! Enjoying how important community and working together can be. Oh, and how glorious are whales!
If only we could break away from the oppression and hyper individualism of the captain… if only!
If only we could break away from the oppression and hyper individualism of the captain… if only!
NEW LEFT PAGE!!
Episode 94 - Moby Dick: The White Whale is Everything w/ @thelitcritguy.bsky.social
We’re talking about one of the books of all time! It’s all here: capitalist and individualist violence, whales, religion, and of course, the joys of being gay
Enjoy!
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Episode 94 - Moby Dick: The White Whale is Everything w/ @thelitcritguy.bsky.social
We’re talking about one of the books of all time! It’s all here: capitalist and individualist violence, whales, religion, and of course, the joys of being gay
Enjoy!
shows.acast.com/the-left-pag...
August 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
We’re at sea with our great friend Jon! Enjoying how important community and working together can be. Oh, and how glorious are whales!
If only we could break away from the oppression and hyper individualism of the captain… if only!
If only we could break away from the oppression and hyper individualism of the captain… if only!
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Reminder that AI doesn't just screw artists, it screws the whole working class 🤝
August 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Reminder that AI doesn't just screw artists, it screws the whole working class 🤝
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Folks, Dean and I have been working on our book on degrowth and liberation theology for a long time. But it's done and sent in to the editor! You can read it next year.
I am giving a very public 🫡 to @deandettloff.bsky.social for getting it over the finish line this past week.
I am giving a very public 🫡 to @deandettloff.bsky.social for getting it over the finish line this past week.
August 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Folks, Dean and I have been working on our book on degrowth and liberation theology for a long time. But it's done and sent in to the editor! You can read it next year.
I am giving a very public 🫡 to @deandettloff.bsky.social for getting it over the finish line this past week.
I am giving a very public 🫡 to @deandettloff.bsky.social for getting it over the finish line this past week.
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the number of losers showing up in the replies to be like "wow..... i guess some people just hate fun" when the issue here is how regressive nostalgia can be -- how the tendency of folk to want to exist in the past blinds them to reality (both of the era and contemporaneously)
August 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
the number of losers showing up in the replies to be like "wow..... i guess some people just hate fun" when the issue here is how regressive nostalgia can be -- how the tendency of folk to want to exist in the past blinds them to reality (both of the era and contemporaneously)
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bsky.app/profile/migh... everyone making fun of this post / poster is correct, actually: this shit is fucking Lame with a capital L
August 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
bsky.app/profile/migh... everyone making fun of this post / poster is correct, actually: this shit is fucking Lame with a capital L
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it can be in a week, months, or a decade or two when this entire system finally falls. but it will fall. it always does. and saying it wont denies the mountains of evidence that is our human history. and we'll be there to pick up the pieces and build a better tomorrow together ♥️🖤
July 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
it can be in a week, months, or a decade or two when this entire system finally falls. but it will fall. it always does. and saying it wont denies the mountains of evidence that is our human history. and we'll be there to pick up the pieces and build a better tomorrow together ♥️🖤
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Sorry to those who said C was best. Stuck to my instinct and went with B which was also a popular choice. Play in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction also now has a webpage. Due for publication in September! www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
April 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Sorry to those who said C was best. Stuck to my instinct and went with B which was also a popular choice. Play in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction also now has a webpage. Due for publication in September! www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....