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The Great Exhaustion
In 2026, we are expected to be tired. Or we already are. Habitually, we are deleting social media applications from our phones in a...
Brooke Betten
Mar 21


How “The Godfather” altered our perception of the Mafia
Growing up in Sicily, I was inevitably made aware that my beloved land, even though beautiful, was haunted by an unspoken shadow: “Cosa...
Elide Saia
Mar 19


A Short Interview With Nowhere Girl
If you are a seeker of fervent poetry and unforgiving summer heat and ways to turn life to art and art to life until the two are one and...
Beatrice Vaitkeviciute
Feb 23


Breaking the Fourth Wall: Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime Show and the Politics of Performance
Except if you live in a cave, you could not have missed the annual U.S. Superbowl game, which took place in New Orleans (Louisiana) on...


The Baby Name Craze
Baby names. For some people, especially women and girls, the act of naming their baby, whether they are expecting it or not, is a ritual....
Elena Bovée
Feb 20


“Please don’t let it be a Muslim”: an interview on Islamophobia and racism after last summer’s events in the UK
On July 29 2024 in Southport, 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana was arrested after repeatedly stabbing three little girls as they left a Taylor...
Esther Wolff
Feb 19


Love is For The Ones Who Love the Work
For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper Now I let it fall back in the grasses. I hear you. I know this life is hard now. I know your...
Beatrice Vaitkeviciute
Feb 15


FashionClash: The art/tech/research nexus: Making sense of fashion through the eyes of an Arts, Science and Technology Studies student
For the rest of the world, life goes on as usual. Women and men, sitting together at round café tables, sipping coffee and chatting about...
Carolina Scheuch
Feb 12


China’s Solar Oceans
On a sweat-inducing, sweltering day last summer I landed in Shanghai. It had been a long time coming. Since high school, I had wanted to...
Jaap Steunenberg
Feb 11


Silent Suffering: China's hidden grasp on Hong Kong
When I was planning my solo trip to the mountains this year, I had no idea I would meet this inspiring Hong Kong citizen along the way...
Patrycja Tobola
Feb 10


The Trial of Luigi Mangione and the American HealthCare System
On December 4th this year, the CEO of UnitedHealthCare Brian Thomson was shot dead as he was walking to the New York Hilton Midtown Hotel...
Elena Bovée
Jan 23


A Tiny Hole Has Appeared in China’s Great Firewall
‘You must pay your cat tax!’ is what Chinese users of Red Note, also known as Xiaohongshu, are demanding of new American users. The cat...
Jaap Steunenberg
Jan 22


A Small Collection of Poetry for the Winter
The Space Between the Snow and the Sparrows After a tiresome trip, I made it back home for Christmas. I had not been feeling it this...


FashionClash Film Programme: Mutual Attraction
In 100 Years of the Fashion Film , Marketa Uhlirova describes the relationship between fashion and cinema as a “mutual attraction.” In...
A.G Thor and Charlotte Godfried
Dec 19, 2024


Knitting in Norway: A Steady Hype
Knitting is going through a revival across social media, but in Norway, it was never dead. When I started my exchange in Trondheim,...
Fin Gerke
Dec 15, 2024


Has the royal family in Spain become a symbol of division instead of unity?
The Spanish monarchy is a subject of significant divide within Spanish society. Indeed, the royal family raises many questions from a...
Jade Thiebaut
Dec 5, 2024


“If Crisis Comes” Lessons from Sweden and the Nordics on War
For the next two weeks, in addition to their weekly magazines and newspapers, millions of Swedes will receive in their mailboxes what...
Alexiane François
Nov 25, 2024


To Live is to Perform: The Self-Fictionalisation of Anaïs Nin
Anaïs Nin (1903 - 1977) was a novelist and a diarist who, in her tender, soulful works, tangled the imaginative nature of fiction with...
Beatrice Vaitkeviciute
Nov 19, 2024


Culture For a Cause: How DANA Maastricht is supporting Flood Recovery in Valencia
Once again, students have shown what they are capable of. After the catastrophic flooding in Valencia, which cost over 200 lives and...
Jakob Aufenberg
Nov 18, 2024


Why I Don't Biohack - and Neither Should You
Top foods for skin health, supplements for longevity, cold plunges, blue light blocking glasses, inflammation, red light therapy,...
Carolina Scheuch
Nov 15, 2024
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