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An Autumn Mixtape

As we are approaching October—the holy month of Halloween in the most beautiful season of the year—we have compiled a list of songs which give us that autumn feeling of crisp, smokey air, warmly lit living rooms sheltered from the October rain, and an entire world turned into poetry.

Vincent van Gogh: La Tristesse Durera Toujours

“What am I in the eyes of most people—a nonentity, an eccentric or an unpleasant person—somebody who has no position in society and never will have, in short, the lowest of the low. All right, then—even if that were absolutely true, then I should one day like to show by my work what such an eccentric, such a nobody, has in his heart.”

Hulu’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ casts Canada as a racial utopia

Writer Priya Nair explains that Atwood’s novel draws on the historical oppression of Black enslaved women and applies it to fictional white women.

Violent Misogynistic Extremism in the Skin of “Lonely, Single Men”

A recent trend on TikTok is the rise of the “lonely, single man” archetype, who skillfully clothes his misogyny and hate for women in what he perceives as an externally imposed and perpetuated loneliness.

Paper Girls: with time, we are the same and another

Four girls disappear in time and rely on the help of their future selves to fight in a time war.

Tumblr’s enduring appeal reveals the potency of the web’s cultural memory

Despite a mass exodus of users in 2018, Tumblr continues to be a place that fosters fandom and subcultures. Now, Gen Zers searching for a dose of early-2010s internet nostalgia are signing up.

Love and Thunder: the evolution of Thor’s masculinity in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Director Taika Waititi enjoys playing with notions of masculinity in this latest outing of the franchise which sees the macho hero eclipsed by a female character of equal standing.

Developing a Black Genderfluid Feminist Critique via Tumblr

“The threats of violence online replicated the very real violence Black people regularly experienced offline at the hands of non-Black people all over the world. Black queer and trans people, particularly those who identified as woman or femme, made easy targets on Tumblr due to always being easy and constant targets offline. And there were other forms of misogynoir…”

The Queer City: How to Design More Inclusive Public Space

In the context of rising patterns of hate crime, the idea of “queering” public space might offer a solution. Through interviews with over 120 academics, designers, activists and other respondents, Catterall and Azzouz have studied how considering the design and planning needs of LGBTQ+ people might make the public realm more inclusive.

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