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Women have always ‘method acted’ – they just don’t get called geniuses for it
2+ hour, 34+ min ago (488+ words) Critiques of method acting misunderstand what method acting is – and dismiss the women who practise it....
How weaving helped invent modern computing — and is shaping its future
10+ hour, 36+ min ago (967+ words) Weaving is an ancient craft that is still practised as a hobby by many people around the world. In recent years, it has found new life as more people have returned to hands-on making as a way to slow down,…...
Medea goes on a Mexican odyssey in Dahlia de la Cerda’s new book
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (637+ words) This specificity of place combined with mythical elements is evocative and powerful at a moment of wall-building and violent separations in the region. Medea finds in Aztlán a place of “violence and resistance in equal measure” and of healing where…...
Now that it’s big business, nostalgia is a thing of the past
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (599+ words) Retro is booming. Nintendo keeps bringing back old games. Hollywood can’t stop making sequels and remakes. Netflix fills our screens with shows inspired by the 1980s. Spotify recommends songs we loved as teenagers. Even Facebook reminds us what we were doing…...
Before Young Talent Time, Johnny Young was a songwriter who rivaled the best of his era
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (861+ words) Johnny Young has died at 79 from pancreatic cancer, and Australian pop music has lost another of its multifaceted creatives of the ‘60s and '70s. While there may be different assessments of Young’s legacy, it’s undeniable he made a major impact on this…...
ABBA’s Dancing Queen at 50: why we’ve spent half a century having the time of our lives
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (744+ words) Fifty years ago, Swedish pop sensation ABBA released their single Dancing Queen. It reached number one in 15 countries, from Australia to the US, to Norway and South Africa. Five decades later it’s still riding the airwaves, being belted out on…...
Lucianne Tonti’s deeply personal history of witch hunts overstates the role of misogyny
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (1304+ words) The witch hunts of the Early Modern period (1500–1789) are among the darkest periods of women’s history. Tens of thousands were accused of, and executed for, practising magic and worshipping the Devil. Approximately 85% of those were women. Europe’s and North America’s…...
From Count Binface to AI Steve: why are we voting for joke candidates?
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (25+ words) While their antics might make us pay attention to election campaigns, how did we end up with joke candidates as part of our political culture?...
From sportswear to protest attire: the surprisingly political history of the hoodie
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (522+ words) Hooded garments are nothing new – we’ve even got hoodies that date back to the Iron Age. But how did the modern garment come to be everywhere?...
How Lagos pioneers built a vibrant Yoruba print culture in the 1920s – at the height of colonialism
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (429+ words) English was imposed as Nigeria’s official language, but the British had no way of controlling what people did with it....