Written by Nia Georgieva The first time I heard about Substack was over a year ago, from a friend of mine on a random summer night while casually strolling in a park on our way back home from the most delicious dinner we’ve had in months. She was telling me about how obsessed she was… Continue reading The Rise of Substack
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Where is feminist art?
Written by Ioana Horhoianu In 2026, it should be possible to discuss women’s safety as a basic expectation. Yet two disturbing online debates about cases of violence against women, thousands of kilometers apart, expose the fragility of that expectation. The persistence of this violence, and the willingness to justify it, challenges the assumption that the… Continue reading Where is feminist art?
Hosting a Poetry Open Mic – A Diary Entry
Written by Larissa Straßer A few days ago, I organized a poetry open mic in Berlin. I don’t live there anymore but for months I had a strong feeling that I owed it to the city, to the people. I had taken so much – energy, love, warmth and strength – from this cold, cold… Continue reading Hosting a Poetry Open Mic – A Diary Entry
The Odyssey: Una storia antica che parla all’oggi
Written by Federico Ferrando [Read the English version of the article below] Quest’estate, nei cinema di tutto il mondo, è uscito un film che era stato annunciato come una rivoluzione della cinematografia: “The Odyssey”, diretto da Christopher Nolan. Il film, girato interamente in IMAX e della durata di 172 minuti, è arrivato nelle sale italiane… Continue reading The Odyssey: Una storia antica che parla all’oggi
Thoughts on Yesteryear
Written by Viktoria Yesteryear is truly a mind-bending book. A warped spiral into the twisted inner workings of a mind being ripped apart by its own judgment and anger, a magma of hate that occasionally erupts after a long, torturous suppression. What it means to be good and kind and patient, to push the boundaries of… Continue reading Thoughts on Yesteryear
The fast fashion of music: how K-pop sells authenticity (or fails to do so)
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)
2026 is the new 2016
Written by Maria Francesca Ficarra In a world that increasingly feels (or rather is) one breath away from disaster, we are instinctively driven towards the idea of certainty, searching for means of escapism, and what better comfort there is than the rose-tinted memories of 2016? At the beginning of the year we witnessed a surge… Continue reading 2026 is the new 2016
The Beauty of Gore
Why Are We So Attracted to Murder Mysteries? Written by Nastassia Tsialpuk Why are we as humans so fascinated with blood-curdling stories of serial killers, and why do we derive a sort of guilty pleasure from indulging in consuming them? What kind of masochistic tendencies make us want to flip through the gruelling details of… Continue reading The Beauty of Gore
Gatekeeping, or the art of being tasteful
Written by Maria Francesca Ficarra “We need gatekeepers again – new, more diverse ones. Editors, experts. Taste isn’t a democracy, nor should it be populist. It comes from experience and exposure… Just because you eat doesn’t make you a restaurant critic.” This extract from a Substack post written by Emily Sandberg sparked a lot of… Continue reading Gatekeeping, or the art of being tasteful
Crossing over to nowhere
On modern musical imperialism and the West’s problem with labeling non-white music Written by Stambekova Aida Perhaps you remember the hot statement Tyler, The Creator made at the 2020 Grammy Awards right after winning the Best Rap Album for his debut record, IGOR. “It sucks that whenever we — and I mean guys that look… Continue reading Crossing over to nowhere