Comic Books. Since the days of World War II, people have been obsessed with them. From the first Action Comics to blockbuster events such as Infinity Wars and Endgame, fanboys and girls across the globe have commented, complained, and compared superheroes and superhero stories. Everyone is an expert these days. With that in mind and … Read moreThe 10 Most Obscure Facts about Comic Books
(Fire Talk) Traveling abroad can equally call forth moments of joy and weariness. PACKS lead singer and songwriter Madeline Link confronts those feelings head-on on the Canadian band’s third LP, Melt the Honey, which they worked on during a two-week getaway in east-central Mexico. Having been acquainted with the country after joining an artist’s retreat in 2020, … Read moreMusic Review: Melt the Honey – PACKS
In a kind of wonderful inversion of concerns, P.A.M. spends more time on the details — outlining, for instance, the design, denominations, and iconography of the Union’s currency — than he does explaining how, exactly, this might all work. Since most of Europe’s problems can be solved by cutting it up like an overshared pie, … Read moreDivide and Concur: A Radical Plan for Peace in Europe (1920)
While impostor syndrome, which refers to feelings of inadequacy that individuals experience and a fear that they will be discovered as fraud, has garnered much attention, the present accounts suggest that the more vexing issue in academia is impostorization, not impostor syndrome. Forms of impostorization include microaggressions, grateful guest syndrome, invisibility and inclusion taxation. source
Especially intriguing is how the Doolhof’s exhibits presented the strangeness of the android, which appears both as a lively person and lifeless thing. The use of non-European costumes sets up a dynamic in which European viewers are in command of the exoticized machine, presented as a subservient thing that exists for their pleasure. Indeed, according … Read moreWonder and Pleasure in the Oude Doolhof of Amsterdam
The “Defending and Strengthening Diverse Democracies report” is a culmination of a multi-month analysis consisting of literature review and interviews with 75+ civil society leaders from Brazil, India, South Africa, the United States and those working transnationally. These four former colonies — representing 25 percent of the world’s population — offer critical insights that can … Read moreHow to build a global pro-democracy movement | Yordanos Eyoel
“Things could always be worse; for instance, you could be ugly and work in the Post Office.”source
Six months before his assassination, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to students at Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia, and asked What Is Your Life’s Blueprint? Addressing the students, he observed: “This is the most important and crucial period of your lives. For what you do now and what you decide now at this age … Read moreMartin Luther King, Jr. Gives Life-Changing Advice to Teens: Watch His Speech, “What Is Your Life’s Blueprint?” (1967)
A Sonic Exploration of Chaos and Commentary: The Fall’s “This Nation’s Saving Grace” Album Review Released in 1985, “This Nation’s Saving Grace” is the eighth studio album by the iconic British post-punk band The Fall. With its distinct blend of raw energy, experimentalism, and biting social commentary, this album has earned its place as a … Read moreBest Post-Punk Albums Ever, Vol. I – The Fall’s ‘This Nation’s Saving Grace’
A laboratory or “controlled” experiment was conducted to examine the impacts of job applicants’ facial photos, job applicants’ professional qualifications (education level and years of work experience), raters’ gender and college student raters’ academic year on employment-related decisions in a hypothetical situation in the Chinese context. A descriptive analysis and mixed-design factorial ANOVA were conducted. … Read moreThe impact of lookism on employment decisions: evidence from China