One thing about me is that I have been obsessed with books for a while now. Not just as in reading books, but collecting them, spending...
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Netflix’s “Sex Education”: The Role of TV Series in Addressing Intimacy
Is it possible to create a TV series that talks about mental health, identity, and sexuality among young people, all while offering an educational perspective? And...
Continue reading...What does “the web” look like ? 1/3
A little bit of context : We all know the internet as an intangible entity, a digitized world on its own. However, the internet has a...
Continue reading...The effects of education on later digital behaviour
When reading last week’s inspiration (What is your earliest memory of digital media?) and talking about others in class and the discussion group, it got me...
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Would you like to be a digital being?
In the Wandering Earth film, there is an argument that when the Earth can no longer meet the survival needs of human beings, should human beings...
Continue reading...Are Concerts Overrated?
A few weeks ago, I went to a concert by a K-pop girl group, (G)-IDLE. And I was quite disappointed, to say the least. This week...
Continue reading...An Age of (Re)discovery: ‘Duvet’ by bôa and how TikTok has transformed the way we consume music.
If you’ve used TikTok at any point over the past six months, you’ve most likely heard this song. Whether it be the chorus, the first thirty...
Continue reading...Modern Artwork: Connecting Past and Present
Last Tuesday, I took advantage of a free afternoon to visit the De Lakenhal Museum in Leiden. Among the many fascinating works, one piece, in particular,...
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Recently, I’ve been searching for a pair of knee high boots for the winter. I looked around here in Leiden but couldn’t find anything I liked...
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Last week I wrote about a girl who created a non-existing movie, made it a trend and used it as a marketing strategy. This week I...
Continue reading...Exploring Character AI
This week I came across a very interesting website. Character.ai lets you have conversations with a variety of different characters powered by AI. I thought this...
Continue reading...Cryptokicks: a new age of fashion.
information cocoon
The explosion of information has brought about the more obvious phenomenon of “information cocoon”. On the one hand, due to the explosion of information, it is...
Continue reading...No more olive oil ice cream + orange wine: how TikTok de-localized the local spots and ultimately, changed the way we travel.
A few weeks ago, while Face Timing my mother she showed me a package that my dad had ordered and it had just arrived at the...
Continue reading...Beyond the Blue Sky: the impact of Microsoft XP’s default background.
What is your digital first memory? For many, it’s hard to pin-point. But when it comes down to the first digital image I can distinctly recall,...
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The Limited Digital Presence of Gilgamesh in Digital Media
Early Memory of the Digital: Regulating Emotions
When reflecting upon experiences with digital technology I had when I was little, I immediately thought of the many early mornings spent with my little brother...
Continue reading...Zepotha – An amazing 80s horror movie or..?
Have any of you seen that cult 80s horror movie called Zepotha? It used to be on some streaming platforms, but then randomly got taken down...
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