Sianne Ngai on ugly thoughts, ugly feeling, aesthetic categories, gimmick in capitalism, and more

Agon Hamza and Frank Ruda sit down with American cultural theorist Sianne Ngai to discuss her intellectual trajectory, political aesthetics, Fredric Jameson, ugly thoughts, ugly feelings, aesthetic categories, the gimmick in capitalism… and a lot of other things. You can listen to our podcast here: https://anchor.fm/crisisandcritique  If you like this and other episodes, please consider subscribing and supporting us at our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=71723553  You can find our Substack here: https://crisiscritique.substack.com/  Crisis and Critique Journal: https://www.crisiscritique.org/