MTC Shorts is our home for casual, quick, and collaborative pieces. Here, we think and chat about what is on our minds and feature ongoing, short-form series and columns.

MTC Mixtapes

MTC Mixtapes asks our editors, writers, and readers to share their responses to a particular question about something they’re loving, hating, fascinated by, or curious about right now.

For Your Consideration

Four Your Consideration is our column where MTC editors, writers, and readers point your attention to works of art and cultural texts that may have dropped out of the 36-hour discourse cycle, but we consider worthy of your attention and consideration.

MTC Oscar Series

In the month of February, MTC is featuring writing on this awards season’s contenders. We asked writers, scholars, and cinephiles for their takes on award hopefuls. By placing multiple short reviews in conversation, we hope to open up critical conversation on these films, as each writer highlights what they think is interesting (or excellent, or horrible) about the film. 

MTC Reading Journal

After each MTC reading group, we ask our participants to contribute to our collective reading journal, an informal and necessarily incomplete record of our thinking together. You can find our upcoming reading groups here, and if you will like to lead a reading group for us, please get in touch at editorial@mid-theory.com

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