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Where does art meet politics?

On Oct. 10, the Swedish Academy announced the winners of the Nobel Prizes in Literature for 2018 (postponed last year due to a sexual assault scandal) and 2019: Olga Tokarczuk
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A defense for madness, bedbugs and ogres

One morning, Gregor Samsa woke up from troubled dreams to find himself transformed into a monstrous vermin. A slight inconvenience, it seemed. "The Metamorphosis" original cover in German. Many literary
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Stop hating on Comic Sans

Ah, Comic Sans. Supposedly the most hated font in existence. Graphic designers and other people with eyeballs alike had rejoiced when they thought this cartoonish font had backspaced itself out
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What makes horror?

From the time humans began telling stories, there has always been horror. Horror is the inexplicable. Horror is what lurks in the night. Horror is the monsters and gods veiled
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Empowerment exploited

Feminism has come a long way from its primal days of demanding votes for women. Political equality, sexual liberation and workplace empowerment — they’re some of the most momentous causes
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