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Resistance to the stereotypes of poetry
Read more: Resistance to the stereotypes of poetryThe aim of the action is to create a fractal network of poets, where their poems will be recited, recorded, set to music, will be activistically acted as performance material in order to resist the censorship of art. The field…
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Jiangshanjiao, do they talk to you like this?
Read more: Jiangshanjiao, do they talk to you like this?On Feb 17, 2020, the official account of The Central Committee of the Communist Youth League on Weibo announced the launch of its virtual idols “Hongqiman” and “Jiangshanjiao”, and set up a new official microblog, and called on people to…
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People of Japan is a snapshot of daily life across Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka
Read more: People of Japan is a snapshot of daily life across Tokyo, Kyoto and OsakaFor his latest project, Mark Manzi found himself outside of his comfort zone. For the Amsterdam-based photographer and designer, People of Japan was an attempt to break from his photography-first portfolio. “In the past, my work was very image-focused, whereas…
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White Noise Documentary Film
Read more: White Noise Documentary Film“White Noise explores the seductive power of extremism. Hatred feels good. But the fix is fleeting. As the film progresses, the subjects reveal the contradictions at the heart of their world. Lauren Southern advocates for traditional gender roles, but resents…
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TikTok’s teen communists are reclaiming the hammer and sickle
Read more: TikTok’s teen communists are reclaiming the hammer and sickle20-year-old Ilyssa, from New York, sees communism as the only viable alternative, one that will improve the societal issues we currently face. “From a young age, I was very aware of the stark class differences that existed,” she says. “I…
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‘Framing Britney Spears’
Read more: ‘Framing Britney Spears’“Spears entered the conservatorship in 2008, at age 26, when her struggles were on public display. Now she is 39, and a growing number of her fans are agitating on her behalf, raising questions about civil liberties while trying to…
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Covert Gay Representation in Video Games
Read more: Covert Gay Representation in Video GamesUpon the release of the 1996 Maxis Inc. computer game SimCopter, the company discovered programmer Jacques Servin had secretly added scantily clad male CPUs to appear in the game and make out with the player character. The company fired him…
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Dude Protests with a Sign
Read more: Dude Protests with a SignFrom an article in BoredPanda: “If you’ve ever felt like your voice and opinion doesn’t matter in the vast world, then Seth is here to prove you wrong. This New Yorker runs the ‘Dude With Sign’ Instagram account where he…
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Performative Radicalism: the Kumbi PSYOP
Read more: Performative Radicalism: the Kumbi PSYOPThe internet has reshaped the ways we learn and communicate. Information becomes heuristic, concomitantly – knowledge becomes protean. If you dedicate enough time to any particular platform, you are likely to acquire a community with congenial individuals. Social media’s proliferation…
