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Written by Filipp Beldushkin I’m on the highway to hell Highway to hell “ Chorus of “Highway to Hell” by AC/DC David Lynch is one of the most celebrated American filmmakers, who entered mass culture primarily with his Twin Peaks TV series. Apart from them, he has also directed ten other films, for one of… Continue reading Lost Highway / Highway to Hell
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✴︎ SocietyWritten by Paavani Lal Das I saw this Instagram reel with this guy who was cooking a meal for his family. He dropped the sauce and cleaned up the house and aw-shucksed his way through the whole thing. It was so endearing it dripped with it, all the way down from the glass ceiling through… Continue reading The race for authenticity
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Written by Ceylin Dogan I have never been very trusting of love’s public image. Even before I had any personal claim to the word, I distrusted the versions of it that circulated so effortlessly around me in films, in songs, in careless conversations. So often it appeared as spectacle, or appetite, or dependence mistaken for… Continue reading Love as a Moral Act
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✴︎ SocietyWritten by Nastassia Tsialpuk From eye rolls at cheesy movie scenes to “ugh”s to our friends when walking past couples kissing, the modern disregard towards romance is evident. It is enough to just look at Vogue’s “Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?” by Chanté Joseph to understand Gen Z’s complex relationship with relationships and how… Continue reading Why We Love to Hate on Romance
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Written by Stambekova Aida The past couple of years have been big for K-pop, albeit only on paper. The boom caused by BTS and Blackpink at the end of the 2010’s spread to smaller groups, K-dramas, and animated movies. HYBE, the industry’s giant, started a rapid global expansion, introducing to us international groups – the… Continue reading The fast fashion of music: how K-pop sells authenticity (or fails to do so)