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Supercut and nostalgia
Read more: Supercut and nostalgiaCredits in image – Being a media student, I could pretend I have always been well aware of what a supercut is. Still, that would be a lie. It was only a few weeks ago that I decided to look up the definition of this word. According to the Oxford Languages dictionary, a supercut is…
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How Sex Education Season 3 Opens Up A Discussion About The Gay Scene In African Societies
Read more: How Sex Education Season 3 Opens Up A Discussion About The Gay Scene In African SocietiesTrigger warning: mentions of hate crimes towards lgbtq+ members – I believe (almost) everyone has caught up with the new season of the well-known Netflix series Sex Education. But just in case you haven’t yet, or perhaps are waiting to watch it until a later date (or not), here’s your SPOILER WARNING. I will be…
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Adventure Comics, Exoticism, and Nostalgia. Part 1: Scrooge McDuck
Read more: Adventure Comics, Exoticism, and Nostalgia. Part 1: Scrooge McDuckUp until the age of sixteen (or thereabouts) reading for fun meant reading comics. I grew up on the Belgian classics of Tintin, Asterix, Suske & Wiske, on the weekly Dutch magazine Donald Duck, on Jim Davis’ Garfield. The list goes on, but you get the picture. Many of these comicstrips have lost the allure…
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The Rise Of Måneskin And Why It Matters
Read more: The Rise Of Måneskin And Why It MattersPhoto credit @etro/ Instagram – To someone who isn’t deep into Italian music (and I’m guessing the majority of the people reading this aren’t) the name Måneskin is probably new, or at least a very recent discovery. I doubt many people outside of Italy had ever heard of the band before 2021.Yet Damiano David (voice),…
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IS THE NEW STYLE – COMFORT, ALL WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR ALL THIS TIME?
Read more: IS THE NEW STYLE – COMFORT, ALL WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR ALL THIS TIME?Photograph credit: Julia Kaczmarek Fashion lifetime is no different than the human circle of life. It all stays in the loop, and the history repeats itself. Since the pandemic has begun, more and more brands as well as big fashion houses started appreciating and reestablishing the new standards of fashion, but what’s most important, comfort,…
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