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US politics
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

How America Lost Its Shine in China

Chinese perceptions of America have shifted from viewing it as an unquestionably superior destination to seeing it as economically precarious, with citizens living on the edge of financial catastrophe.
Mindfulness
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Fed up with self-help gurus? Try my Hiccup Method to revolutionise your life

Popular self-help rituals and invented micro-practices offer performative agency and solace amid socioeconomic precarity and pandemic-era isolation.
Miscellaneous
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Enemies of Italy'? Meloni's rebuke of Olympics protesters shows repressive' drift, say critics

Mass protests in Milan oppose the Winter Olympics due to economic precarity, temporary jobs, ecological damage, and increasing police repression.
fromJezebel
1 month ago

Jezebel's February Book Pick: A Story Collection About Living in the Shadow of the Troubles

Liadan Ní Chuinn was born in Northern Ireland in 1998, the year the Good Friday Agreement ended the Troubles, the decades of violence stemming from England's occupation of Ireland. Other recent fiction about the Troubles-the novels and Trespasses , the TV show Derry Girls (all excellent)-is set firmly in the last century, relegating the violence to history. Ní Chuinn's work does the opposite: Their new book of short stories, Every One Still Her e, is set in contemporary Northern Ireland.
Books
Women
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

The Post-Ambition Trap

Many Millennials, especially women, have become disillusioned with ambition due to unmet promises, economic precarity, and shifting priorities such as motherhood.
Digital life
fromIndependent
2 months ago

Lorraine Courtney: Is it any wonder people fall for AI relationships when skin and bone versions are now so terrifying?

Real life has become so expensive and socially risky that simulated relationships can feel preferable to real human interaction.
Film
fromRoger Ebert
2 months ago

Aim Your Rage at the Right Target: Park Chan-wook and Lee Byung-hun on "No Other Choice" | Interviews | Roger Ebert

Sam-nyun-sang sets a cultural three-year minimum for mourning; Park Chan-wook's No Other Choice links grief and identity collapse to desperate, violent responses to job loss.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago

Poorer LGBTQ+ people are hit harder by anti-LGBTQ+ attitudes in their countries, study finds - LGBTQ Nation

Economic precarity amplifies the negative impact of anti-LGBTQ+ prejudice on LGBTQ+ people's emotional well-being, with family rejection being most damaging.
Film
from48 hills
4 months ago

Screen Grabs: Delightful 'Left-Handed Girl' steals big movie week thunder - 48 hills

Left-Handed Girl is a Taiwan-set family drama about a mother returning to Taipei to run a noodle stand amid family and economic pressures.
Relationships
fromBustle
6 months ago

Even The Sugar Daddies Are Feeling The Squeeze

Economic precarity and busy schedules lead a young tennis coach to exchange money for companionship, sexual encounters, and emotional support as an alternative to dating.
NYC parents
fromTruthout
9 months ago

The Number of Unhoused Young Children Is at Crisis Level. It's Set to Get Worse.

Homelessness among children under three rose 23% in 2023, affecting nearly 447,000 as affordable housing shortages and evictions drive the crisis.
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