Daniel Fraser
@harmlessfires.bsky.social
Writer and critic. Work in Poetry London, Poetry Ireland Review, Mute, Aeon, Radical Philosophy, London Magazine +. Tutor & PhD Scholar at UCC. Mostly writing about Marx, Benjamin, Celan, Duras.
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My piece on the dynamics of contemporary boredom for the excellent @mid-theory.bsky.social:
For MTC, Daniel Fraser thinks about boredom's potential both narratologically and politically.
"Boredom is a universal motor and product of social being in capitalism, yet its formal make-up contains a (negatively felt) kernel of the future."
mid-theory.com/2025/07/24/s...
"Boredom is a universal motor and product of social being in capitalism, yet its formal make-up contains a (negatively felt) kernel of the future."
mid-theory.com/2025/07/24/s...
Story Bored
What happens if we are never bored? Boredom is a thoroughly modern feeling; or rather, one etymologically contiguous with modernity. The noun did not enter the language until the middle of the nine…
mid-theory.com
July 25, 2025 at 8:11 AM
My piece on the dynamics of contemporary boredom for the excellent @mid-theory.bsky.social:
Reposted by Daniel Fraser
I've a new poem published today by Anthropocene Poetry: www.anthropocenepoetry.org/post/cave-dw... 🦖
Cave Dwellers by Daniel Fraser
Nights in that housesafety was a lost art, somethingfor play-pretend.Strange carnivores, drunks and crockeryroared downstairs.Finding his grandmother’s bedthey sat together, cross-legged,in prehistory...
www.anthropocenepoetry.org
November 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I've a new poem published today by Anthropocene Poetry: www.anthropocenepoetry.org/post/cave-dw... 🦖
I've a new poem published today by Anthropocene Poetry: www.anthropocenepoetry.org/post/cave-dw... 🦖
Cave Dwellers by Daniel Fraser
Nights in that housesafety was a lost art, somethingfor play-pretend.Strange carnivores, drunks and crockeryroared downstairs.Finding his grandmother’s bedthey sat together, cross-legged,in prehistory...
www.anthropocenepoetry.org
November 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I've a new poem published today by Anthropocene Poetry: www.anthropocenepoetry.org/post/cave-dw... 🦖
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On Andrea Arnold’s latest film, by @harmlessfires.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
On Andrea Arnold’s latest film, by @harmlessfires.bsky.social
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On Andrea Arnold’s latest film, by @harmlessfires.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
On Andrea Arnold’s latest film, by @harmlessfires.bsky.social
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For MTC, Daniel Fraser thinks about boredom's potential both narratologically and politically.
"Boredom is a universal motor and product of social being in capitalism, yet its formal make-up contains a (negatively felt) kernel of the future."
mid-theory.com/2025/07/24/s...
"Boredom is a universal motor and product of social being in capitalism, yet its formal make-up contains a (negatively felt) kernel of the future."
mid-theory.com/2025/07/24/s...
Story Bored
What happens if we are never bored? Boredom is a thoroughly modern feeling; or rather, one etymologically contiguous with modernity. The noun did not enter the language until the middle of the nine…
mid-theory.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
For MTC, Daniel Fraser thinks about boredom's potential both narratologically and politically.
"Boredom is a universal motor and product of social being in capitalism, yet its formal make-up contains a (negatively felt) kernel of the future."
mid-theory.com/2025/07/24/s...
"Boredom is a universal motor and product of social being in capitalism, yet its formal make-up contains a (negatively felt) kernel of the future."
mid-theory.com/2025/07/24/s...
My piece on the dynamics of contemporary boredom for the excellent @mid-theory.bsky.social:
For MTC, Daniel Fraser thinks about boredom's potential both narratologically and politically.
"Boredom is a universal motor and product of social being in capitalism, yet its formal make-up contains a (negatively felt) kernel of the future."
mid-theory.com/2025/07/24/s...
"Boredom is a universal motor and product of social being in capitalism, yet its formal make-up contains a (negatively felt) kernel of the future."
mid-theory.com/2025/07/24/s...
Story Bored
What happens if we are never bored? Boredom is a thoroughly modern feeling; or rather, one etymologically contiguous with modernity. The noun did not enter the language until the middle of the nine…
mid-theory.com
July 25, 2025 at 8:11 AM
My piece on the dynamics of contemporary boredom for the excellent @mid-theory.bsky.social:
Reposted by Daniel Fraser
this essay is one of my absolute favorites we published this summer’ come for the white lotus recap, stay for the walter benjamin reference, leave with historical materialist defense of staying in board and feeling time. after all. “boredom returns as communal rhythm”
mid-theory.com/2025/07/24/s...
mid-theory.com/2025/07/24/s...
July 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
this essay is one of my absolute favorites we published this summer’ come for the white lotus recap, stay for the walter benjamin reference, leave with historical materialist defense of staying in board and feeling time. after all. “boredom returns as communal rhythm”
mid-theory.com/2025/07/24/s...
mid-theory.com/2025/07/24/s...
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Issue 15
Extremely abbreviated reviews
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July 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Hanging out with the angels 🪽
July 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Hanging out with the angels 🪽
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Listen again: Camera Obscura / 25th June 2025
#Electronica #CinematicAtmospheres #Alternative #HipHop #Drone
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#Electronica #CinematicAtmospheres #Alternative #HipHop #Drone
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June 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Listen again: Camera Obscura / 25th June 2025
#Electronica #CinematicAtmospheres #Alternative #HipHop #Drone
www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/came...
#Electronica #CinematicAtmospheres #Alternative #HipHop #Drone
www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/came...
These are very good 🎥🎬
June 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
These are very good 🎥🎬
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Mentions from @therealbradbabs.bsky.social, @return2sanders.bsky.social, @malignfiesta.bsky.social, @harmlessfires.bsky.social, @zoeguttenplan.bsky.social, @differance.bsky.social, @erinlangner.bsky.social, @cryinmeehan.bsky.social, @devintoshea.bsky.social, and @aprzhu.bsky.social.
Issue 15
Extremely abbreviated reviews
www.thedriftmag.com
June 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
My ballot for the best films of the 21st century NYT poll 🎥🎬
June 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
My ballot for the best films of the 21st century NYT poll 🎥🎬
New poem 'Plot 44a' published in The Marrow. www.themarrowpoetry.com/issue-four/p... ✒️
Plot 44a — The Marrow International Poetry
by Daniel Fraser
www.themarrowpoetry.com
June 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
New poem 'Plot 44a' published in The Marrow. www.themarrowpoetry.com/issue-four/p... ✒️
Lowell, from Lord Weary's Castle 🏰
June 2, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Lowell, from Lord Weary's Castle 🏰
Delighted to have this little poem selected by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin for the new issue of Cyphers. 🦠👨💻
May 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Delighted to have this little poem selected by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin for the new issue of Cyphers. 🦠👨💻
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This month's #Mondettes picked by @bdiggswrites.bsky.social
⚡️Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Barbara made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
**Plus details on some FREEEE writing events**
mondettes.substack.com/p/april-2025
⚡️Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Barbara made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
**Plus details on some FREEEE writing events**
mondettes.substack.com/p/april-2025
April 2025
Ten stories picked by Barbara Diggs
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April 15, 2025 at 9:54 AM
This month's #Mondettes picked by @bdiggswrites.bsky.social
⚡️Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Barbara made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
**Plus details on some FREEEE writing events**
mondettes.substack.com/p/april-2025
⚡️Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Barbara made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
**Plus details on some FREEEE writing events**
mondettes.substack.com/p/april-2025
'My heart will only, leaping, kiss / June's woven scarf that strangled me.' —Richard Eberhart, 'The Scarf of June'
March 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
'My heart will only, leaping, kiss / June's woven scarf that strangled me.' —Richard Eberhart, 'The Scarf of June'
Early birthday present 🎁
March 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Early birthday present 🎁
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SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN
March 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN
Saturday night with friends.
March 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Saturday night with friends.
1986 short film of Harun Farocki and Vilém Flusser analysing the front page of a German tabloid [BILD].
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Schlagworte – Schlagbilder (Catch Phrases – Catch Images)
© Harun Farocki all rights reserved. In this videowork, Harun Farocki and Vilém Flusser discuss the design and appeal of the title page of the German…
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February 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
1986 short film of Harun Farocki and Vilém Flusser analysing the front page of a German tabloid [BILD].
vimeo.com/490235099
vimeo.com/490235099
