#Cultural

As a European, I'm getting increasingly tired of American influence, from media, politics, work & lifestyle etc. It is overwhelming how much input is coming from US when it doesn't
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Everyone is up in arms about that dodgy Netflix 'Cuties' film because it sexualises 11 year old girls, but let's not pretend that our society doesn't already sexualise and objectify
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For @WearYourVoice i wrote about Hindutva soft power: how the idea of Hindu = India = Hindu is sugarcoated here in the West through popular depictions/conceptions of "Indian culture", namely
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How the mismanagement of Katy Perry affected her career and her power in the pop scene. [THREAD] Katy Perry is one of the most successful and iconic artists of the
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So it's Black Friday and everyone's hawking their wares at low, low prices. But why not pay more and feel better by buying something from an indie bookstore? Some recommendations
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Now that it’s clear that the Nashville Christmas Day bomber was Anthony Warner, many folks have asked: Was this terrorism? And should we call him a domestic terrorist?My answer: Yes
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jordan peterson is trending because he is apparently writing another "12 rule for life" which I think warrants a trip down memory lane. THREAD WITH CLIPS revealing him to be
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Zócalo asks, "Can we build a better Summer Olympics?"Welcome to the mega-thread of *reasons why the Olympics should immediately fuck off forever*https://twitter.com/ThePublicSquare/status/1271587145220669440 "The six Summer
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It’s interesting to see two types of traditionalists. One is the standard traditionalist which prefers aristocratic elite rule and politics of prudence (and only sometimes procedure). These are best represented
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Some thoughts on this laudable petition (a about managing expectations)https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/563294/1 It is good to give a voice to the huge frustrations being felt with regard to the situation musicians, other
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So like, here's the thing.Millennials might not be flocking to church and shul like our grandparents did, but it's not because religion is bad. It's 'cause our entire way of
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1/ Everyone talks about Tuku the musician.But what struck me more than anything was his service to others & to causes he believed wld improve the lives of others.A few
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Oh so Woke King is stealing my tweets now, huh? jkjk But fr there’s a lot of confusion about what this means so I figure I might as well
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learning fat politics is like putting on glasses you had no idea you needed. suddenly you can see everything in shocking detail, more than you thought possible.https://twitter.com/tommyinboots/status/1343630251805585409 there's a common
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White women, in the absence of racialization, sometimes racialize womanhood itself, deliberately ignoring that many womanhoods are already racialized. The phrase "white feminism" calls this out as white, rather than
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The Fourth of July at an American embassy: a thread. A lot of Americans may not be aware that for some folks, the 4th of July is not all shorts
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