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A Woman’s Meal

To get it out of the way, I need to mention the obvious disordered nature of the “meal” and how more often than not the videos serve as code for food hyper fixations. Not being a celebration of it but rather the opposite.   “What does it mean when we call women girls?” is an essay

By The MMC Team
September 30, 2023
3min Read
Monthly Review

On Endings – September 2023

“All good things must come to an end” You know what they say, and guess what? We need things to end. Most of the time, we dread or avoid endings. They are sad, difficult, unwanted, and force us to face a changed reality. But I believe that we need endings, desperately. They provide us with

By The MMC Team
September 27, 2023
7min Read
Monthly Review

On Nostalgia – May 2023

A monthly review curated by the Mass Media and Culture team This May we find ourselves longing, longing for something that has been, for something that may never be again. While this may feel very melancholic, there can be something very soothing in letting ourself go to nostalgia – a song, a smell, a picture

By The MMC Team
May 19, 2023
7min Read
Monthly Review

On Spring – April 2023

A monthly review curated by the Mass Media and Culture team Sun, sun, sun, here it comes! No more cold weather, bare trees, and gloomy gardens. Say goodbye to winter coats and hello to sunglasses and short sleeves, ‘cause springtime is finally here! It might be because of the long-awaited warm weather and sun rays,

By The MMC Team
April 17, 2023
6min Read
Monthly Review

On Forgiveness – February 2023

A monthly review curated by the Mass Media and Culture team “Forgiveness is a winding road” What does forgiveness mean to you? Is there even an absolute meaning associated with it? Forgiveness can have different connotations for everyone. Regardless, it’s safe to say we’ve all been through the winding road that is trying to let

By The MMC Team
February 28, 2023
6min Read
Monthly Review

On Curiosity – November 2022

A monthly review curated by the Mass Media and Culture team It is easy at our age to feel as if we’re losing that spark of curiosity we often experienced as kids, that longing for knowledge for the sake of learning. Entering adulthood also means saying goodbye to the naive way of searching for answers

By The MMC Team
November 20, 2022
6min Read
Monthly Review

On Beginnings – September 2022

A monthly review curated by the Mass Media and Culture team An ode to beginnings, as so many come and go, we forget to appreciate those seedlings of opportunity we reap at harvest. Though the seasons pass, the ripeness of opportunity never decays. For everyday blossoms a vast array of possibilities, where our daily tasks

By The MMC Team
September 28, 2022
5min Read
Monthly Review

On Metamorphosis – April 2022

A monthly review curated by the Mass Media and Culture team Embrace the dull pulse of growing pains.  A transformation so deep it can be considered a metamorphosis that requires the hostage of our whole self. A process so human it fills mythology. Like Sisyphus pushing the boulder, we are bound to a cycle of

By The MMC Team
April 24, 2022
6min Read
Monthly Review

On Serendipity – March 2022

A monthly review curated by the Mass Media and Culture team There’s that peculiar feeling when everything somehow works out your way. It’s those moments that appear unexpectedly, like a respite of warm sunlight on a day of thunderstorms, that bring color to life. It’s the feeling when you meet your soulmate at a coffee

By The MMC Team
March 22, 2022
6min Read
Monthly Review

ON TOGETHERNESS – FEBRUARY 2022

A monthly review curated by the Mass Media and Culture team We all have those days where we feel like we’re standing alone in a vast desert with no one but our own thoughts. As if we’re the only person on earth who feels this way. But then we hear someone else talk about the

By The MMC Team
February 9, 2022
4min Read