Happiness is a Matter of Prioritizing: Erich Maria Remarque and the Art of Living
A rumination on Remarque’s lasting legacy on the power of finding happiness in the midst of hardship and an ever-changing landscape.
Art & Culture
Under Siege
An all-American girl finds herself negotiating high-context relationships in Italy... all while wearing borrowed pajamas.
On Solitude
A Marukami-style slipstream riff on the nature of solitude.
Brigitte Bardot and the Emancipation of Female Individuality
Once upon a time in France, far far away from the superficial land of Hollywood and its craftily polished movie stars...
Viktor Tsoi
Revisiting Soviet Counterculture through the Visionary Eyes of Viktor Tsoi
Summer Getaway in Bulgaria
Fichoza - Where the Sunrise and the Sea Embrace
Wonka Wilder
The Lives and Parallels of Gene Wilder and Willy Wonka
Supernatural: Bromance vs. Girl Power
Supernatural plays host to a plethora of strong female characters, both evil and benevolent
Welcome to Night Vale
A friendly desert community where the sun is hot, the moon is beautiful, and mysterious lights pass overhead while we all pretend to sleep
The Nostalgia Effect of Stranger Things
With allusions to classic 80’s movies like E.T. and Stand by Me, Stranger Things came swooping in during a time when the world’s weariness of modernity was at its peak and stole our hearts with the nostalgia effect.