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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)
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✴︎ SocietyWritten by Ottavia Costantini Bombs, missiles, and wars are all that we hear about in the news nowadays, nothing seems easy or peaceful and arguments feel more effective than explanations clouding one’s judgement. Today’s world is dynamic, often indecipherable and almost always too complicated for us to understand what is really going on right in… Continue reading Religion and Power: When Faith Becomes a Political Tool
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Written by Ioana Horhoianu Music, fashion, design, and art have been shaped by the time periods they belong to. From the interwar years – with the rise of jazz music, long cigarettes, and a newly unrestrained desire for freedom – to the 90s explosion of hip-hop and the polished, candy-colored pop of the 2000s, cultural… Continue reading What does your Rothko painting pick say about you?