As I was texting my friends about a birthday gift for someone, I replied: “Dat is vast een leuke verassing.” [That’s probably a nice cremation]. For...
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The Impact of Porn Industry on Conceptions About Intimacy
I can 99% be sure that most of us have at least opened mainstream pornography websites like PornHub for pleasure, curiosity, fun or perhaps just by...
Continue reading...Curated Lives: Let me show you the best of me
I often feel that I am living in the ‘Rear Window’ of a Hitchcock film. For me, the Internet is like a telescope in the hands...
Continue reading...Reviving Cinema: Film Restoration in the Digital Age
Thanks to 4K restoration technology, I’ve had the pleasure of reconnecting with many of my favorite films from the pre-digital era, while discovering countless classics I...
Continue reading...Florida Man Streams Hurricane Milton from Boat in Tampa Bay
Lieutenant Dan: the famous live streamer When Hurricane Milton was expected to strike Florida earlier this week, authorities urged residents to evacuate. Tampa mayor Jane Castor...
Continue reading...Literary and Scientific Content Producers and Providers
The internet, being, yet, another public space, is certainly full of all kinds of contributors ranging from the villain to the benevolent. The choice of scale...
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Jodi.org and the Deconstruction of Games
The early internet pioneers of the 1960s and 1970s envisioned a democratic environment of commonly accessible creative tools, where communication channels would enable innovative approaches for...
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An Introduction to Fanfiction
In a vain attempt to shame myself into limiting my phone usage, I recently took another look at my screen time. On Monday, I spent around...
Continue reading...Fighting ‘brainrot’
YouTube is my favourite social media platform. For years, I have been watching videos on it every single day. When I was younger, I would watch...
Continue reading...Advice from strangers: Friendly Beauty Tips or Subtle Body Shaming?
Xiaohongshu, a popular Chinese lifestyle platform, started a trend called ‘Ting’quan’ at the beginning of this year, which means ‘listen to advice’. Moreover, this hashtag refers...
Continue reading...The Dark Side of Curiosity: My Experience with Online Privacy Invasion
When I was in high school, something happened that forever changed the way I view social media and digital privacy. It wasn’t a big, dramatic event,...
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How Video Games Spread Across the Globe
So recently I have been playing the new Legends of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. Its the latest title of the Zelda series, available exclusively on the...
Continue reading...Social Media and Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories
Earlier this week, Austria’s far-right FPÖ emerged as the big winner in the national elections. The FPÖ, founded by former Nazis in the 1950s, is known...
Continue reading...A love letter to Letterboxd
This week, I explore a little further into an app I really have enjoyed using, namely Letterboxd, which is like Goodreads, but for films. You can track what you’ve watched, share reviews, and connect with others who love cinema. Started in 2011 by two New Zealanders, it’s grown into a massive community. Whether it’s logging a favorite film or reading others’ takes, Letterboxd makes discovering movies even more fun.
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Note on terminology Any occurrence of term “medium” in this blog post refers solely to “any physical material (as tape, disk, paper, etc.) used for recording...
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When some of my friends visited Amsterdam this summer, they eagerly shared their vivid experience of seeing images of Van Gogh’s paintings in the psychedelic aftermath...
Continue reading...Response to Injustice: Digital “Activism” and the Need for Real-World Action
In recent years, the digital landscape has transformed the way we communicate, share information, and engage with social issues. One of the most significant changes from...
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