Tag: culture

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[YT] “What is a man? A response to Gillette” (Egard Watches)

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https://youtu.be/x_HL0wiK4Zc

culture, literature, nonfiction, original fiction

[opinion] The Role of Art and Culture – Part 1

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What is the difference between situation A and situation B? Two young women listening a guide in a room of the Peggy Guggenheim Museum in Venice, Italy.A vintage colour illustration depicting an angry customer complaining about his meal to a waiter in a restaurant, circa 1910. (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images) We are seeing two different… Continue reading [opinion] The Role of Art and Culture – Part 1

culture, original fiction, thought piece

[opinion] The Activist Spectrum

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Activism is all well and good, but, as with criticism, there is constructive and not constructive (what I will call destructive). I would argue that constructive and destructive activism are, perhaps, part and parcel of human activity and protest. Is any faction free from destructive activities or association with destructive activities? And if there is… Continue reading [opinion] The Activist Spectrum

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[repost] “He Asked Permission to Touch, but Not to Ghost” (Sender)

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/07/style/modern-love-he-asked-permission-to-touch-but-not-to-ghost.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytstyles The sad, true story of a young woman who has not grown up to understand the boundaries of free sex through websites like Tinder. I found this article to be both sad and horrific... Dear Ms. Sender: Unfortunately, sexual consent doesn't have anything to do with care because "free" sex has nothing to do… Continue reading [repost] “He Asked Permission to Touch, but Not to Ghost” (Sender)