Ryan's Remarkable Book + Film Reviews

08/24/2024

Freedom is Constant Revolution | The Dispossessed

An excerpt from my latest video essay on The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

03/22/2024

We All Know a No-Face
Spirited Away and the importance of identity in a rapidly changing World

We all know a No-Face. Someone who has no true identity, who mirrors their environment in order to fit in, who doesn’t possess the ability to think for themself. Someone who parrots whatever opinion or hot-take is popular on Twitter that week. Someone who is addicted to external validation and consumption. Lonely and insecure, these No-Faces crave connection or purpose, and think the best way to achieve their goal is to loudly conform to societal expectations.

I know this because I was No-Face for a time in my early 20s...read more:

We all know a No-Face. Someone who has no true identity, who mirrors their environment in order to fit in, who doesn’t possess the ability to think for themself. Someone who parrots whatever opinion or hot-take is popular on Twitter that week. Someone who is addicted to external validation and con...