Category: Emilia Rieth
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Choosing Not to: Intimations of Flexibility’s Dark Underbelly
Read more: Choosing Not to: Intimations of Flexibility’s Dark UnderbellyWe are often taught that freedom means to have the ability to choose. Our everyday lives are fraught with choices to the point where it sometimes seems as if choosing is all we do all day long. Think about the simple act of ordering a coffee: do you want it hot or iced? With cow’s…
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Looking at Neruda: Searching for Meaning
Read more: Looking at Neruda: Searching for MeaningPhoto by Uniliber One of my proudest possessions is a collection of Pablo Neruda’s love poems in the original Spanish. I bought it for 2€ at a book stall in a subway station in Barcelona when I was 16 and my Spanish was far from good enough to fully grasp the meaning of the poems.…