The politics of everyday life: leisure
In Capital Volume III, Karl Marx suggested that “the realm of freedom actually begins only where labour which is determined by necessity and mundane considerations ceases”. The true realm of…
Maybe Depression Is the Natural Reaction to a World Full of Pain
That’s the journey of life really, figuring out the balance between what’s cynicism and what’s hope, and what’s protecting yourself and what’s closing yourself off. That’s why we’re all in…
Living Like a Legend with Minari’s Yuh-Jung Youn
Staying in my bed the whole day is my pleasure and my hobby. I like to watch TV or just doze, not thinking about anything—it’s whatever I want to do.…
Trading clunkers for electric bikes: France moves to offer financial incentive
France is offering the owners of old, exhaust-belching cars the opportunity to hand over their vehicles for scrap in return for a 2,500 euro ($2,975.00) grant to buy an electric…
A brief history of changing hairstyles
Britons have long tried to make statements about themselves through the hair on their heads. From the 'Henry VIII pageboy' to Twenties bobs via Cavalier curls, historian Lucy Worsley reveals…
What You Need to Know About COVID-19 Vaccines, Birth Control, and Blood Clots
The blood clots that might be linked to the new vaccines are part of a condition known as cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST), and they have not been well studied.…
The French father of Hollywood sci-fi is still planning his masterpiece
Caro is the artist responsible for Delicatessen and The City of Lost Children; a pair of game-changing dystopian fantasy films from France, co-directed with Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amelie) in 1991 and…
I hate everybody including you
The Art of saying no Admittedly it’s thin, but there is definitely a silver lining to the pandemic: for the best part of a year we have all been granted…
RIP DMX : le rap a perdu une de ses plus grandes légendes… la preuve en 5 faits marquants
30 millions d’albums vendus, un concert devant 200 000 personnes, une voix comme nulle autre… RIP, DMX. {lire}
AliExpress: The New Amazon? Or, Close, But No Cigar?
oth Ali and Amazon are sticking around for the near future, if not way longer. But they will get some new competititors. In Korea, for example, competitor Coupang just went…