11/08/2013
Category: Ideas
Tales, trivia, and tidbits from now and then.
10/10/2013
A Wilde Fashion
Oscar Wilde abandoned journalism and hated fashion – so why is his essay "The Philosophy of Dress" so important?
by federicoaugustin
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07/24/2013
Books About Books
What happens when reading and writing become literary subjects?
by federicoaugustin
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05/22/2013
The Death Instinct
Punk is boredom, desperation, and death. So is fashion.
by deeleichhardt7
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05/03/2013
Crossing Borders
Authors are hungry for translators and translators desperate for recognition. A new website attempts to align their desires.
by federicoaugustin
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03/20/2013
Fragments and Mirrors
When we view the past through the lens of the present, what do we lose?
by federicoaugustin
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01/28/2013
1750 Shades of Grey
50 Shades of Grey wasn’t the first — fiction has asked us to willingly relinquish autonomy since the 18th century.
by lansifford99367
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01/07/2013
Colored Consumerism
After the Industrial Revolution the world found something new to mass-produce: color.
by federicoaugustin
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12/21/2012
The Postmodern Phenomenon
It's the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen's most popular novel. Here's why it still rocks.
by sheldon3823
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10/15/2012