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    Civilisations in ruins

    It’s truly fascinating how productive one can be just staring at the ceiling. At those high hours of the night when the shadows in the corners twist in bizarre angles and presences are felt under the bed. A beguiling time to reflect upon recent events, if you ask this author.  One such event is the…

  • Spider Monkey and Me: Navigating Life as a Young Disabled 

    On December 3rd, the International Day for Persons with Disabilities, I posted about my cane. Her name is Spider Monkey (yes, Twilight fans, you caught that reference), and I also shared a hard truth: I’m still sometimes ashamed to use it. The comments I received were kind and encouraging—things like, “You have nothing to be…

  • La Catrina’s Elegance: a Veil of Elitism & a Critique Of Social Inequalities

    Representation of the original engraving by José Guadalupe Posada titled “La Calavera Garbancera” One of the most interesting and famous characters which nowadays stands for the Mexican tradition of Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead in anglophone) is called La Catrina. Nevertheless, the context that surround its origins is one which is far from…

  • This Woman Undressed in Tehran

    By Isciane Genuist On Saturday, November 2, Ahou Daryaei, a 30-year-old French literature student, removed her clothes for a few minutes in front of her university in Tehran, the capital city of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This act was deeply symbolic in a country where women are required to wear body-covering clothing to hide…

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    Rewind Culture – How Nostalgia Became the Media’s Industry Secret Weapon

    By Natasha Noam Gol “Nostalgia is the bittersweet longing for former times and spaces” (Niemeyer, 2014). Whether it’s personal nostalgia—reflecting on our own past—or collective nostalgia—remembering shared cultural, national, historical moments, or even longing for very old, unlived ages—nostalgia is a powerful emotion. It’s a universal experience, a kind of “emotional time travel” that can transport us…

  • Nero’s Day at Disneyland: Hauntology, capitalism and heavy beats

    By Rory Bennett As the US election throws doubt on the existence of the American dream and its unrealised promise I am reminded of a particular artist that seems to encapsulate the idea of a ‘lost’ American future. Nero’s Day at Disneyland’s work carries themes of childhood naivety, nostalgia, and an unravelling future. Key to…