By Weichen Zhang Illustration by Madelene Nitzsche Nighttime comes after the end of daytime, and then the sun comes up from the east. A new day, another cycle. At a larger time scale, people all…
By Molly O’Toole Illustration by Célia Mortureux Ten years from the moment considered to ignite an era of “post-truth” media and information, our political and cultural worlds feels all the more foggy and confusing. Incidences…
By Erato Vaitsi Illustration by Taylor Brunnschweiler Mark Fisher was a cultural critic and theorist, who drew inspiration from Deleuze and Guattari (Seaton, 2021). The concept which he is most famous for is capitalist realism,…
By Yanely Lopez Illustration by Helena Nascimento Facebook Notification: “It’s Kristina’s birthday today! Say Happy Birthday.” Yet Kristina isn’t here anymore to see them. To see her ‘Happy 38th’ wishes. The photos, comments, or memories…
By Lucia Deon Illustration by Merel Hamminga In modern storytelling, we are faced with a constant paradox: the fixed psychological need for endings and the increasing absence of mediums that are capable of giving them…
Article and illustration by Maitri Lavender linguistics – the study of language as used by queer folk – is a field recently sprung up; it’s a beautiful universal study of the where, what [1] and how…
By Paweł Fligier Illustration by Célia Mortureux Word of the year! In 2016, the word “post-truth” won Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year, defeating such prominent opponents as “alt-right”, “chatbot”, or “woke” in order…
By Norbert Borski Illustration by Merel Hamminga Spreading genes is a fundamental part of existence on Earth. For many organisms, it is the very essence – producing offspring and continuing the cycle of life. Although…
By Lucia Deon Illustration by Madelene Nitzsche Classical economists might suggest that the market is a place where a wide variety of actors come together on a balanced playing field. Conversely, the modern digital economy…
By Yanely Lopez Illustration by Taylor Brunnschweiler Replicated through reposts, mutated through edits, and spreading through communities with career, memes have begun to behave like modern microbes of culture. It’s not just about “going viral”,…