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Adventure Comics, Exoticism, and Nostalgia, Part II: Tintin the Tourist
Read more: Adventure Comics, Exoticism, and Nostalgia, Part II: Tintin the TouristI can’t remember when I first discovered Tintin, which can only mean one of two things: either I am getting old, or it was a very long time ago. Probably both. What I do know is that I read Hergé’s Tintin comics enough times as a kid to easily remember many of the stories cover-to-cover.…
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Were We Ready For Euphoria (2019)?
Read more: Were We Ready For Euphoria (2019)?Recently the second season of the HBO series Euphoria aired. The series’ first season aired in 2019 and tells the story of multiple 17-year-old high school students. Many different topics were addressed during the series. Even in its first episode, topics such as mental health (disorders), drugs and alcohol abuse, friends and relationships, sexuality, parties,…
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“This Action Will Have Consequences…”
Read more: “This Action Will Have Consequences…”The form of the Lorentz Attractor, image credits: Tumblr @falsedawn – I realized that at the beginning of every year I have a tendency to reflect on my life and how it changed over the time that has gone by. It is obvious that some changes are always to be found, however, the transition from…
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The Fem Cel™ and Sad Girl Core
Read more: The Fem Cel™ and Sad Girl CoreTW: eating disorders Sylvia Plath published The Bell Jar in 1963, a year in which girls were lobotomized if they expressed an ounce of female suffering. A year where mental illness was a complete taboo. A year in which not many authors spoke about what was it like to be mentally ill while living under…
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Homework: The Solution or The Problem?
Read more: Homework: The Solution or The Problem?My little sister recently went back to on-campus school after having her first week back from Christmas holidays online. Seeing her return to Microsoft Teams gave me flashbacks from the start of the pandemic when schools – along with everything else – closed down, and the negative impact this had on the education system. I…
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