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.
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
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
We did it! Thank you 🙏
September 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
We did it! Thank you 🙏
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
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-...
👻 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
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
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! 🙏
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
What if you could send #ElonMusk back in time to kill all the baby versions of himself before he became a capitalist monster? Tish and Adam Turl aka @bornagainlabor.bsky.social on why we need to legalize time travel, from the latest Strange Exiles⏳ bit.ly/strangex40
August 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
What if you could send #ElonMusk back in time to kill all the baby versions of himself before he became a capitalist monster? Tish and Adam Turl aka @bornagainlabor.bsky.social on why we need to legalize time travel, from the latest Strange Exiles⏳ bit.ly/strangex40
August 13, 2025 at 8:58 AM
August 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Tomorrow night 🫶 Come see if I got rusty
August 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Tomorrow night 🫶 Come see if I got rusty
Final clip from my interview with Simon Copland about the toxic politics and very real needs of men who fall into "the #manosphere" - and the theory that inspired The Male Complaint, from @politybooks.bsky.social. Follow the 🔗 in bio to subscribe to Strange Exiles 💪 More soon...
August 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Final clip from my interview with Simon Copland about the toxic politics and very real needs of men who fall into "the #manosphere" - and the theory that inspired The Male Complaint, from @politybooks.bsky.social. Follow the 🔗 in bio to subscribe to Strange Exiles 💪 More soon...
Easing back into hiphop / spoken word gigs and recording. Just filled in an artist bio: I write about apocalypse, cyberpunk and disaffection 🤘 Catch me at Flourish spoken word, McChuills, Glasgow, 6 Aug. Don't call it a comeback linktr.ee/t3xtur3
July 29, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Easing back into hiphop / spoken word gigs and recording. Just filled in an artist bio: I write about apocalypse, cyberpunk and disaffection 🤘 Catch me at Flourish spoken word, McChuills, Glasgow, 6 Aug. Don't call it a comeback linktr.ee/t3xtur3
OPPORTUNITY: Left wing theory publisher Revol Press seek new books by authors who identify as female, or who come from other marginalised communities. Via @creativescots.bsky.social
DM me or @mikerwatson.bsky.social with any questions 🙏
opportunities.creativescotland.com/opportunity/...
DM me or @mikerwatson.bsky.social with any questions 🙏
opportunities.creativescotland.com/opportunity/...
July 28, 2025 at 10:25 AM
OPPORTUNITY: Left wing theory publisher Revol Press seek new books by authors who identify as female, or who come from other marginalised communities. Via @creativescots.bsky.social
DM me or @mikerwatson.bsky.social with any questions 🙏
opportunities.creativescotland.com/opportunity/...
DM me or @mikerwatson.bsky.social with any questions 🙏
opportunities.creativescotland.com/opportunity/...
The risk of engaging with the #manosphere? By playing a game of 'both sides' we elevate grifters - instead we should focus on engaging its followers, argues Simon Copland.
Watch the latest Strange Exiles at bit.ly/strangex39. Get Simon's book 'The Male Complaint' from @politybooks.bsky.social
Watch the latest Strange Exiles at bit.ly/strangex39. Get Simon's book 'The Male Complaint' from @politybooks.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The risk of engaging with the #manosphere? By playing a game of 'both sides' we elevate grifters - instead we should focus on engaging its followers, argues Simon Copland.
Watch the latest Strange Exiles at bit.ly/strangex39. Get Simon's book 'The Male Complaint' from @politybooks.bsky.social
Watch the latest Strange Exiles at bit.ly/strangex39. Get Simon's book 'The Male Complaint' from @politybooks.bsky.social
Misogyny didn't begin with the manosphere, says Simon Copland. Watch our full conversation about his excellent new book 'The Male Complaint' from @politybooks.bsky.social over at Strange Exiles on Substack 🔗 bit.ly/strangex39
July 19, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Misogyny didn't begin with the manosphere, says Simon Copland. Watch our full conversation about his excellent new book 'The Male Complaint' from @politybooks.bsky.social over at Strange Exiles on Substack 🔗 bit.ly/strangex39
Bleach - 1989
Nevermind - 1991
Incesticide - 1992
In Utero - 1993
Unplugged - 1994
Nirvana’s tenure felt like forever.
Nothing lasts now, but it drags on too long. We've passed the event horizon of cultural singularity.
Nirvana was then. There is nothing after
Nevermind - 1991
Incesticide - 1992
In Utero - 1993
Unplugged - 1994
Nirvana’s tenure felt like forever.
Nothing lasts now, but it drags on too long. We've passed the event horizon of cultural singularity.
Nirvana was then. There is nothing after
July 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Bleach - 1989
Nevermind - 1991
Incesticide - 1992
In Utero - 1993
Unplugged - 1994
Nirvana’s tenure felt like forever.
Nothing lasts now, but it drags on too long. We've passed the event horizon of cultural singularity.
Nirvana was then. There is nothing after
Nevermind - 1991
Incesticide - 1992
In Utero - 1993
Unplugged - 1994
Nirvana’s tenure felt like forever.
Nothing lasts now, but it drags on too long. We've passed the event horizon of cultural singularity.
Nirvana was then. There is nothing after
Genuinely considering putting the heating on. And punching the weatherman in the gub, stop saying "heatwave". This is actual footage from my street in Scotland rn. It's JULY
July 2, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Genuinely considering putting the heating on. And punching the weatherman in the gub, stop saying "heatwave". This is actual footage from my street in Scotland rn. It's JULY
Tomorrow night, join us for the online launch of Flowers For Marx at 8pm UK 🌹 Tune in at www.youtube.com/live/NWSmHhOXRQg
June 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Tomorrow night, join us for the online launch of Flowers For Marx at 8pm UK 🌹 Tune in at www.youtube.com/live/NWSmHhOXRQg
Always a magic feeling seeing a book you helped proof and bring to market in real life 🌹 'Flowers For Marx' on pre-order now from Revol Press! revolpress.com/flowers
June 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Always a magic feeling seeing a book you helped proof and bring to market in real life 🌹 'Flowers For Marx' on pre-order now from Revol Press! revolpress.com/flowers
