Tag: Humanities
La Costa Smeralda prima di Karim Aga Khan non esisteva
Il destino di Karim Aga Kha fu deciso (anche) da Rita Hayworth – la storia dell’uomo che ha inventato la Costa Smeralda: un viaggio iniziato con un acquisto e trasformato...
Can We Escape Consumerism? Black Friday Through the Cultural Humor of Marivan Martins
From Target shoppers fighting over a Stanley cup to an ambulance used for deliveries—I decided to make a book inspired by real news events.” Brazilian photographer Marivan Martins recounts the...
Chinese Espresso: how migration from China changed the face of Italian bars
Author and anthropologist Grazia Ting Deng recounts foaming milk, Occidentalist fantasies, and the socio-economic journey that has brought Chinese-run coffee bars to prominence in Italy
L’eredità di Massimiliano d’Asburgo fucilato in Messico per colpa di Napoleone
Trieste omaggia Massimiliano d’Asburgo e la sua passione per la botanica – al Castello di Miramare rivivono i ricordi con Carlotta del Belgio e l’Imperatrice Sissi, accompagnati da una mostra...
Michael Lockshin: Raw Reminders Between Two Worlds – USA and Russia
Interview with Michael Lockshin starting from his The Master and Margarita – Russians didn’t reconsider their symbols, they didn't take Lenin out of the mausoleum
We Are Workers: Working-Class Heroes on Route 66
When the glitter of Tinsel Town fades, dreamers head west in search of opportunity—only to find themselves waiting tables in a diner. Through the raw lens of Rupert Tapper, explore...
Growing Roots in an Alien Desert: Chloe Lea’s Journey
Embracing vulnerability and eschewing Hollywood perfection, Chloe Lea’s raw style offers a refreshingly grounded take on the high-stakes battles of Dune: Prophecy
Chi è il Power Bottom? Fenomenologia di un ruolo sessuale
Quando si tratta di ruoli sessuali nella comunità LGBTQ+, la terminologia può diventare scivolosa. Esploriamo il significato di “power bottom” e la presunta minaccia alla mascolinità.
Yayoi Kusama: Japanese Girl in America, American Girl in Japan
Robert Shore chronicles the art of Yayoi Kusama: «the discovery of her father’s affair left her with a lifelong aversion to male genitalia; the dropping of atomic bombs left a...
The Assassination of the Empress of Austria
Elisabeth of Austria was assassinated by an Italian anarchist: fragile and haunting, from Luchino Visconti's portrayed the Empress in the movie Ludwig, with Romy Schneider
Rough Christmas: it’s not all snow and carols and carbs
As the global celebration takes many forms — cozy by the fire or sweltering on the beach — Christmas becomes a mirror reflecting society’s warmth, excess, and enduring hope
Ella Wiznia: creating a thread to connect the upcycling
When eco-friendliness meets body-positivity: Ella Wiznia of The Series New York’s drive to upend traditional body conceptions and produce upcycled garments
Photography Meets Cognitive Science at Rome’s One Room Bookstore
Stefano Ruffa leverages his background in media and cultural studies to curate a diverse collection of photobooks – transitioning from its original San Lorenzo location, OneRoom now thrives in Rome’s...
South Sudanese craftsmanship is rooted in women
South Sudanese women fled their country only taking out with them a few clothes. They’re now producing these to create their own business
Wallis Simpson: the oldest fairy tale
The oldest fairy tale: a king who dreamed of becoming a servant and a servant who dreamed of becoming queen - a visual story by Charlotte Abramow
Raw Land: Elsa Peretti in Sant Martí Vell
Confusion becomes an expression of human, cultural, and professional identity – Elsa Peretti transformed the world’s disorder into an organic form
Obscene acts in a private space: gestures of a standard affair in a sunny afternoon
We want sex more than ever: an age of over exposure, the private versus the public - the obscene is the only fascination that still stands
Humanitarian Design and the archetypes of clothes with REantwerp
Belgian designer Tim van Steenberg and journalist Ruth Goosens create REantwerp, a fashion brand that employs refugees and repurpose leftover fabrics
Transcending the darkness: Desire Marea on spirituality, transparency and life as a performer
Johannesburg's queer community, the musical success and the recovery of the shaman tradition in the latest project Gwazamambuka. Desire Marea tells about the many identities that inhabit them
The legacy and heritage of Venice – an honest conversation with Toto Bergamo Rossi
The main purpose of Venetian Heritage is to promote one of the less known aspects of Venetian art: the sculptures. Nobody talks about that, always painters
Faggot Pride and Prejudice: does the pope awaken gay activism?
‘There is too much faggotry’ – The Pope's words sparked controversy and reawakened gay pride that seemed dormant under the blanket of internal debates on human diversity and inclusive language
Human fragility: Succubus Chic glamorizes illness
What is Succubus Chic ? It’s about the “heroin chic” aesthetic that can present confusing and problematic implications. Meaning, definition of Succubus Chic as a trend
What is Niksen, the Dutch concept of doing nothing?
Cultural roots of Niksen: Dutch work-life balance and doing nothing. How Dutch culture values leisure time alongside productivity. Human respect, private life, personal growth
David Sedaris on his life without his father: I hate married couples
«I wanted gay people to have the right to marry just so they could spit on it later» – David Sedaris: homosexuality, relationship with father, sister's suicide, partner Hugh, writing
Two Spirit: who are they? understanding the fluid vocabulary
Uniting masculine and feminine energies, Two Spirit identities offer a holistic perspective on gender and spirituality. Challenging Western norms Lampoon explores the definition and the meaning of the term
Queerbaiting and Rainbow washing: from Harry Style to Frozen
Picture something that seems to start out with the best of intentions but ends up doing worse. The issue of queerbaiting opens the debate to human respect and the need...
The Role of Black – in fashion and human history
More than just a color – exploring the intersection of fashion, culture, and humanities by tracing attraction of black in the tapestry of western fashion history
Princess Tāj-al-Salṭana: she was beautiful, indeed
Today we see her as ugly, but Princess Tāj-al-Salṭana was a symbol of womanity, feminist struggle and a pioneer of intersectionality. History of the woman who influenced Persia
Camila Falquez raises social consciousness on BIPOC, Black, indigenous, people of color
BIPOC means Black Indigenous and People of Colour. A conversation with Camila Falquez, Latin America’s fashion photographer of the year, whose work focus is in on systemic racial injustices
Mia Moretti Explores Cultures and Community in Her Music
Multiculturalism in the producer's work. Sounds from different cultures as a way of passing messages to other communities. Mia Moretti in the lens of Jacq Harriet and Carolina Orrico
Everything but butt – Grindr respects sex offering visibility to side people
The rise of side: «Top or Bottom? I'm a Side». Grindr becomes the first dating app to legitimize the presence in the LGBTQ+ community of sides: men who are not...
The Twink King: from Antinous to Troye and Timothée, the beauty of humanity
Questioning heteronormativity, queerbaiting and binary patriarchy. The twink issue opens a discussion on true inclusiveness within the gay community. Troye Sivan and a video by Timothée Chalamet
Hyper-feminine styles – How is internet culture changing the trend cycle?
Girly pop trend – When it comes to fashion, the internet can act like a liaison, allowing people to voice and find words for their feelings and identities and people...
Andrew Esiebo documenting Lagos: urban transformation and inequality
Navigating the urban labyrinth of Lagos: Andrew Esiebo's visual journey talks about the chaos, cultural richness, and struggles of Africa's hustling megacity
From the curvy movement to SS24, fashion forgot inclusivity beyond the catwalk
The last few seasons have confirmed this, after a wave in which the trend was the representation of everybody the fashion returns to extremely slim bodies, normo-typed and stereotyped
Azzedine Alaïa: heritage is a matter of future – speaking to Carla Sozzani
«He was always focused on what he wanted to do. It was not a matter of seasons, not a matter of the last trend, he was Alaïa and Alaïa was...
It’s been two years: Gianandrea is the lion that continues to circle around us
Gianandrea Ferrajoli passed away two years ago, on September 10, 2021 – the one thing I never want to do is write about him in the past tense
Your obsession over non-Western cultures is not appreciation. It’s fetishization
The origin of Eurocentric superiority of costume dates back to Social Darwinism and the idea of the West and the Rest. How is the fashion industry intended to move forward...
Leslie Van Houten has been released. The macabre representation of Manson Family in fashion
«Manson kind of morphs into a nun and the Hills turn into the Alps». How designers have become interested in the macabre representation of the Manson Family in fashion
In the spiral circus of Parisian social scene with Lukas Ionesco
Spiral Circus is a five-track EP that bears the influence of the 60s Beach Boys – Beatles sounding – «my music is like a rusty cranked merry-go-round» recounts Lukas Ionesco
Beyond archiving gay magazines: Cowboy Frank and gay rodeos
An archivist preserving the images of men in leather, harness, fake uniforms, and bare bodies – Frank Harrell educates present readers on the queer landscape
Collecting memories and film tickets: Jim Longden’s path to filmmaking
British 23-year-old filmmaker and director Jim Longden about humor and his Chronicles of a Tumour: «I thought if I’m going to die, at least I could have a legendary final...
Hidden waste – 23 million returned and unsold garments sent to landfill or incinerated
From the report it emerged that thirty-six percent of the responders in the Millennials age group (26-41 years old) were classified as high-intensity returners
Italian emerging music scene – Ethan: «I refuse to be just one thing»
Ethan Lara opens up about his past and future aspirations, from his search for identity to the achievement of a new musical and personal maturity in a story by Clotilde...
Transcending a Club: Vitelli’s 14 Hour Cosmic Dream show
Vitelli’s presents its fourteen-hour Cosmic Dream fashion show within a rave. The knitwears crafted by Vitelli contextualized in their cosmic imaginary for Lampoon RuVido
I’d like to lick your sweaty armpits again before I die. BadSeedZine for Lampoon Ruvido
«I need to taste you again as I run my fingers over your handwriting. I need to feel with which form of violence you imprinted yourself on the paper. And...
