Every year, chambered in a well-accommodated ski resort in Davos, Switzerland, the world’s most powerful political leaders, financial conglomerates, and tech moguls gather to discuss and formulate solutions to the world’s most dire problems. The cherry-picked members of the World…
Odili Donald Odita is a Nigerian American abstract painter. His colorful, geometric pieces reside in museums across the country and have been exhibited at the world famous Venice Biennale. His painting “Rise” hangs in the Ezra Stiles College common room…
In the late ’90s, Alex Valentine, a recent high school graduate, discovered an emerging underground punk scene in the post-industrial warehouses of Providence, Rhode Island. He met artists barely older than himself living in a “lineage of punk houses,” dedicating…
On the surface, American meat appears to be an equalizer. Nearly every American — the workers, students, the elites, and even many vegetarians — have indulged in a dirty water dog or Mc-something at least once. But first impressions are…
Americans have had a steady craving for true crime stories since the 1960s. Psychologists and experts have long sought tangible explanations for the guilt-inducing pleasure of consuming entertainment depicting real human trauma. True crime stories have evolved over time, taking…
In some rare cases, admiration of a masterpiece is personal. You try to resist the urge to underline every sentence and fold every single page to later return to it, and you become enchanted by the tiniest details across the pages. Milan Kundera’s “Ignorance” became one of these for me.
“I realized that when you don’t have love for yourself then when other people hate you, it reconfirms the hate you already have for yourself. So you believe them – or when you have shame – you think you are unworthy of love,” Bassett said.
Understanding Rosario Murillo in the context of Lady Macbeth helps us recognize the murderous viciousness that binds both figures together and fully makes us aware of the danger and cruelty of Murillo’s actions.
