Poet Victoria Chang stood on a stage behind a podium, setting up a timer before reading several poems from her new book "With My Back to the World," which touches on issues such as feminism, art, depression and grief. The idea for the book, she explained to the small crowd at her poetry reading, was inspired by one of the screenprints in Agnes Martin's series, which is titled by the same name. Chan began with the reading of "On a Clear Day," which made reference to a gunman's mass shooting at...
“Sex and the City” is now one of Netflix’s most-watched shows as it settles into its new streaming home. Since the series’ April 1 debut on the platform, a whole new audience — many of whom weren’t born when the show premiered on HBO in 1998, changing the TV landscape — is discovering it. The comedy has been streaming on Max and on Hulu (through its Live TV plan), but the "Netflix effect" is unmatched. The witty humor, the relatable dating woes and the core friendship that hold “Sex and the...
Alexa Chung has been spotted wearing the colour Gen Z loves—purple. Read on to shop the purple pieces she's convinced us to add to our millennial wardrobes.
Gen Z is using video game slang just like previous generations use sports terms. Experts say that this is creating a new etymological category of gaming slang
This technique for measuring distance involves some gut-level estimation, but it's pretty easy. You just have to guess—or know—the size of an object in the distance. If you find yourself estimating distances often, you may want to look up the typical sizes of objects, like cars. We'll walk you through it.
British Parliament in 1774 retaliated against American colonists with a series of laws we call the Intolerable Acts. The Quartering Act expanded the power of royal governors to house troops wherever they wanted. Even King George III, though, didn’t think he could force homeowners to house strangers — this imposition was generally made on inns […]
Trades make comeback with Gen Z workers (Second column, 12th story, link) Related stories:Boomers Bought Up Big Homes. Now They're Not Budging
Leica has announced the Leitz Phone 3. This is the third-gen smartphone from the camera maker, but you probably won’t be able to buy it.
Why are so many Gen Z women leaving the church? In a surprising turn of events, more young women are now leaving the church than young men. While previous generations have a greater number of men who left the church, Gen Z is unique in that the female population are the ones leaving the pews. Get your FREE CHARISMA NEWSLETTERS today! Stay up-to-date with current issues, Holy Spirit news, Christian teachings, Charisma videos & more! The survey, conducted by The Survey Center on American...
Fully one-third of Generation Z voters -- those between 18 and 24 years old -- say Israel doesn't have a right to exist as a nation. That's according to a new survey from RMG Research for Summit.org. And that explains all the antisemitic ignorance dotting America's higher places of learning in recent months.
Dragon's Dogma 2 is an early but solid contender for GOTY – we said that might be the case during preview, and we’re certain of it now. It’s a game of uncompromised vision, and where the original looked at the likes of Fable and Oblivion and asked “what does Capcom’s version of that look like?”, the sequel responds: “why don’t we make Capcom’s version of Dragon’s Dogma instead?”. The original game is full of compromises. Content cut short for time or RAM. An entire planned beast race that...
Don’t assume all members of your workforce have been to an office before. Lauren King is a senior associate at Mission North focused on tech and innovation storytelling across consumer, enterprise, and life science and health industries. Over the past three years, we’ve witnessed the resurgence of ‘pre-pandemic’ life. From travel to live entertainment, people are […]