Bram E. Gieben
@bramegieben.bsky.social
Writer and critic ✨ linktr.ee/bramegieben ✨ Author of THE DARKEST TIMELINE and CRISIS MASCULINITY. Host of Strange Exiles. Editor at Revol Press.
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Bram E. Gieben
@bramegieben.bsky.social
· Oct 10
NEW ESSAY SERIES! 💪 A year-long journey into the #manosphere, modern #masculinity, and the dark underbelly of capitalist realism from the author of THE DARKEST TIMELINE. Find out more and sign up free:
bit.ly/crisismasc
bit.ly/crisismasc
My new essay series begins with a critical reading of concepts from Judith Butler's 'Gender Trouble' and an introduction to some of the themes I'll explore. Read now 💪 bit.ly/crisismasc
October 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
My new essay series begins with a critical reading of concepts from Judith Butler's 'Gender Trouble' and an introduction to some of the themes I'll explore. Read now 💪 bit.ly/crisismasc
👻 NEW STRANGE EXILES! 👻 Poet and theorist Alex Mazey, author of 'Sad Boy Aesthetics' from @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social and the forthcoming 'Rival Streamer' from @trickhouse.bsky.social on Jean Baudrillard, Mark Fisher, video games and Lil Peep 🎧 bit.ly/strangex42
October 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
👻 NEW STRANGE EXILES! 👻 Poet and theorist Alex Mazey, author of 'Sad Boy Aesthetics' from @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social and the forthcoming 'Rival Streamer' from @trickhouse.bsky.social on Jean Baudrillard, Mark Fisher, video games and Lil Peep 🎧 bit.ly/strangex42
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Re-upping this skeet for those who may want to follow, as I'll be bailing from this place soon 🙏 Join me!
NEW ESSAY SERIES! 💪 A year-long journey into the #manosphere, modern #masculinity, and the dark underbelly of capitalist realism from the author of THE DARKEST TIMELINE. Find out more and sign up free:
bit.ly/crisismasc
bit.ly/crisismasc
October 14, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Re-upping this skeet for those who may want to follow, as I'll be bailing from this place soon 🙏 Join me!
NEW ESSAY SERIES! 💪 A year-long journey into the #manosphere, modern #masculinity, and the dark underbelly of capitalist realism from the author of THE DARKEST TIMELINE. Find out more and sign up free:
bit.ly/crisismasc
bit.ly/crisismasc
October 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
NEW ESSAY SERIES! 💪 A year-long journey into the #manosphere, modern #masculinity, and the dark underbelly of capitalist realism from the author of THE DARKEST TIMELINE. Find out more and sign up free:
bit.ly/crisismasc
bit.ly/crisismasc
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Marx saw the issue of censorship as central to his critique of the economic system.
Read more here on Revol Press's substack: revolpress.substack.com/p/marx-and-c...
Read more here on Revol Press's substack: revolpress.substack.com/p/marx-and-c...
October 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Marx saw the issue of censorship as central to his critique of the economic system.
Read more here on Revol Press's substack: revolpress.substack.com/p/marx-and-c...
Read more here on Revol Press's substack: revolpress.substack.com/p/marx-and-c...
We're all going to capitalist hell
Talk about Capitalist Realism. Someone has condensed Mark Fisher's book in a nine minute audiobook.
September 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
We're all going to capitalist hell
Just need 6 more folk to sign up free for Strange Exiles to hit 1k on Substack. If you're not already on the list, hit the link, drop your email. I'll be ghosting all social media soon, so get involved if you want to follow my writing! 🙏
strangeexiles.substack.com
strangeexiles.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Just need 6 more folk to sign up free for Strange Exiles to hit 1k on Substack. If you're not already on the list, hit the link, drop your email. I'll be ghosting all social media soon, so get involved if you want to follow my writing! 🙏
strangeexiles.substack.com
strangeexiles.substack.com
This looks utterly compelling but will be a tough watch for me as a person who has struggled a great deal with my bipolar. It's cost me so much, on a personal level. But this sounds like an outstanding achievement in documentary filmmaking.
youtu.be/OpKEUIAkO_Q?...
youtu.be/OpKEUIAkO_Q?...
In Whose Name? | Teaser Trailer | Only In Theaters September 19
YouTube video by In Whose Name?
youtu.be
September 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This looks utterly compelling but will be a tough watch for me as a person who has struggled a great deal with my bipolar. It's cost me so much, on a personal level. But this sounds like an outstanding achievement in documentary filmmaking.
youtu.be/OpKEUIAkO_Q?...
youtu.be/OpKEUIAkO_Q?...
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New essay. From triumphal 1990s ideas about an American century underpinned by Internet power, to the mid-2010s belief that social media was a “global conversation,” to mid-2020s anxieties about communication breakdowns and civil war. open.substack.com/pub/paroxysm...
Managing the Global Discourse
Care, Content Moderation, and Cultural Imperialism
open.substack.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
New essay. From triumphal 1990s ideas about an American century underpinned by Internet power, to the mid-2010s belief that social media was a “global conversation,” to mid-2020s anxieties about communication breakdowns and civil war. open.substack.com/pub/paroxysm...
My first piece for Discontent dropped today, drawing on the philosophy of Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes, Slavoj Žižek and Julie Reshe.
www.discontent.wtf/news/against...
www.discontent.wtf/news/against...
Against 'Morality': How moral certainties subvert ideology
Subverting Ideology
www.discontent.wtf
September 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
My first piece for Discontent dropped today, drawing on the philosophy of Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes, Slavoj Žižek and Julie Reshe.
www.discontent.wtf/news/against...
www.discontent.wtf/news/against...
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See on the Revol Press substack a transcript of a talk by Mark Fisher on education and capitalism, given at the MACRO museum, Rome, in 2013.
revolpress.substack.com/p/towards-a-...
revolpress.substack.com/p/towards-a-...
Towards a Free Education: Conference Speech Transcript – Mark Fisher (2013)
The late Mark Fisher on neoliberalism, education, and the task of rebuilding the left to counteract capitalist realism.
revolpress.substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
See on the Revol Press substack a transcript of a talk by Mark Fisher on education and capitalism, given at the MACRO museum, Rome, in 2013.
revolpress.substack.com/p/towards-a-...
revolpress.substack.com/p/towards-a-...
I sort of understand why happy escapist bullshit dominates the cultural landscape at the moment, and the notion that expressing joy is a political act in dark times. But I also hope doomer / depressive / transgressive aesthetics come back before I'm too old to make new art.
a man is dressed as a clown with a rainbow wig
ALT: a man is dressed as a clown with a rainbow wig
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September 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I sort of understand why happy escapist bullshit dominates the cultural landscape at the moment, and the notion that expressing joy is a political act in dark times. But I also hope doomer / depressive / transgressive aesthetics come back before I'm too old to make new art.
I was on This Is Revolution today with the homie Jason Myles talking left wing publishing, the far right clown show, protest, mental health and more. Watch it back! 💥
www.youtube.com/live/BwtWG9S...
www.youtube.com/live/BwtWG9S...
Left Publishing in the Trump Era ft. Mike and Bram from Revol Press
YouTube video by THIS IS REVOLUTION podcast
www.youtube.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I was on This Is Revolution today with the homie Jason Myles talking left wing publishing, the far right clown show, protest, mental health and more. Watch it back! 💥
www.youtube.com/live/BwtWG9S...
www.youtube.com/live/BwtWG9S...
My latest essay on the Poll Tax riot, the anti-Iraq War marches, and why we need to rethink how we protest in order to beat the rise of the far right.
Now on the Revol Press blog:
revolpress.substack.com/p/lost-arts-...
Now on the Revol Press blog:
revolpress.substack.com/p/lost-arts-...
September 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
My latest essay on the Poll Tax riot, the anti-Iraq War marches, and why we need to rethink how we protest in order to beat the rise of the far right.
Now on the Revol Press blog:
revolpress.substack.com/p/lost-arts-...
Now on the Revol Press blog:
revolpress.substack.com/p/lost-arts-...
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👻 NEW EPISODE! 👻 I talk to writer and artist Robert Shepherd about his essay series 'Our Ghost', plus memes, Marxism, Doctor Who, and his thoughts on our dystopian AI future.
🎧 bit.ly/strangex41
📚 strangeexiles.substack.com
🎧 bit.ly/strangex41
📚 strangeexiles.substack.com
September 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
👻 NEW EPISODE! 👻 I talk to writer and artist Robert Shepherd about his essay series 'Our Ghost', plus memes, Marxism, Doctor Who, and his thoughts on our dystopian AI future.
🎧 bit.ly/strangex41
📚 strangeexiles.substack.com
🎧 bit.ly/strangex41
📚 strangeexiles.substack.com
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People look to social media to assert themselves, but to what degree does it undermine their subjectivity, reducing them to object status? An excerpt from Mike Watson's 'Hungry Ghosts in the Machine'
revolpress.substack.com/p/nietzsche-...
revolpress.substack.com/p/nietzsche-...
Nietzsche and the Nihilism of Shitposting
People look to social media to assert themselves, but to what degree does it undermine their subjectivity, reducing them to object status? An excerpt from Mike Watson's 'Hungry Ghosts in the Machine'
revolpress.substack.com
September 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
People look to social media to assert themselves, but to what degree does it undermine their subjectivity, reducing them to object status? An excerpt from Mike Watson's 'Hungry Ghosts in the Machine'
revolpress.substack.com/p/nietzsche-...
revolpress.substack.com/p/nietzsche-...
A podcast about ideas, identity and ideology. This is Strange Exiles⏳
bit.ly/strangex40 Tish & Adam Turl
bit.ly/strangex39 Simon Copland
bit.ly/strangex38 Chris Kelso
bit.ly/strangex37 Brad Kelly
... more soon
bit.ly/strangex40 Tish & Adam Turl
bit.ly/strangex39 Simon Copland
bit.ly/strangex38 Chris Kelso
bit.ly/strangex37 Brad Kelly
... more soon
September 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A podcast about ideas, identity and ideology. This is Strange Exiles⏳
bit.ly/strangex40 Tish & Adam Turl
bit.ly/strangex39 Simon Copland
bit.ly/strangex38 Chris Kelso
bit.ly/strangex37 Brad Kelly
... more soon
bit.ly/strangex40 Tish & Adam Turl
bit.ly/strangex39 Simon Copland
bit.ly/strangex38 Chris Kelso
bit.ly/strangex37 Brad Kelly
... more soon
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Thanks for all the great feedback, questions and arguments this post has generated in comments and DMs! 🙏
August 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Thanks for all the great feedback, questions and arguments this post has generated in comments and DMs! 🙏
NEW ESSAY FOR REVOL PRESS! Just over a year since I published The Darkest Timeline, a book that took a deep dive into the idea of “the end of the world.” Did I predict things accurately?
Thanks to Revol and @mikerwatson.bsky.social 👇
revolpress.substack.com/p/bram-e-gie...
Thanks to Revol and @mikerwatson.bsky.social 👇
revolpress.substack.com/p/bram-e-gie...
Bram E. Gieben: Farther down 'The Darkest Timeline'
One year on from the publication of his book on our dystopian present and dark future, the author and critic asks - have things gotten worse?
revolpress.substack.com
August 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
NEW ESSAY FOR REVOL PRESS! Just over a year since I published The Darkest Timeline, a book that took a deep dive into the idea of “the end of the world.” Did I predict things accurately?
Thanks to Revol and @mikerwatson.bsky.social 👇
revolpress.substack.com/p/bram-e-gie...
Thanks to Revol and @mikerwatson.bsky.social 👇
revolpress.substack.com/p/bram-e-gie...
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I answer some interview questions on the Revol Press substack about the future of publishing in general, and what Revol plans next.
I also talk about how we stay out of divisive left mudslinging:
revolpress.substack.com/p/running-an...
Illustration: Vladan Jeremic
w/ @bramegieben.bsky.social
I also talk about how we stay out of divisive left mudslinging:
revolpress.substack.com/p/running-an...
Illustration: Vladan Jeremic
w/ @bramegieben.bsky.social
Running an independent left press today: Interview with Mike Watson
Revol Press founder Mike Watson talks about left publishing, the future of the press, and what it means to be genuinely independent. Plus, what's coming next...
revolpress.substack.com
August 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I answer some interview questions on the Revol Press substack about the future of publishing in general, and what Revol plans next.
I also talk about how we stay out of divisive left mudslinging:
revolpress.substack.com/p/running-an...
Illustration: Vladan Jeremic
w/ @bramegieben.bsky.social
I also talk about how we stay out of divisive left mudslinging:
revolpress.substack.com/p/running-an...
Illustration: Vladan Jeremic
w/ @bramegieben.bsky.social
On the escalation of fascist tendencies in US politics, from my conversation with @bornagainlabor.bsky.social on the latest Strange Exiles 🚩 bit.ly/strangex40
August 20, 2025 at 11:09 AM
On the escalation of fascist tendencies in US politics, from my conversation with @bornagainlabor.bsky.social on the latest Strange Exiles 🚩 bit.ly/strangex40
The gaffer at Revol, pulling nae punches 💥
I answer some interview questions on the Revol Press substack about the future of publishing in general, and what Revol plans next.
I also talk about how we stay out of divisive left mudslinging:
revolpress.substack.com/p/running-an...
Illustration: Vladan Jeremic
w/ @bramegieben.bsky.social
I also talk about how we stay out of divisive left mudslinging:
revolpress.substack.com/p/running-an...
Illustration: Vladan Jeremic
w/ @bramegieben.bsky.social
Running an independent left press today: Interview with Mike Watson
Revol Press founder Mike Watson talks about left publishing, the future of the press, and what it means to be genuinely independent. Plus, what's coming next...
revolpress.substack.com
August 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The gaffer at Revol, pulling nae punches 💥