Tag: Culture
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The World Is a Prism, Not a Window
An Interview with Zoë Schlanger Pushing the limits of our Western scientific understanding of intelligence, climate journalist Zoë Schlanger speaks about her latest book, The Light Eaters, and how embracing plant consciousness upends the structures and hierarchies we’ve placed around living beings—ourselves included.
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Flow Alone Won’t Make You a Writer
Writing starts with flow, but it’s sustained by discipline, revision, and grit.
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Is Paddy Heneghan Dead?
Ecosystem ecologist Liam Heneghan, keeping vigil by his father’s bedside, glimpses how all life resides in the kingdom of decay.
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From Lagos to Winchester: how a divisive Nigerian pastor built a global following
I first encountered TB Joshua as a teenager, when his preaching captivated my evangelical Christian community in Hampshire. Many of my friends became his ardent disciples and followed him to Lagos. How did he have such a hold over people?
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Does Anyone Know What ‘Wellness’ Means Anymore?
The well-being business is booming, sometimes at the expense of actual health.
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Too Much Reminds Us That Lena Dunham Is Great at Writing Men
She’s famous for her depictions of female messiness—but from the guys in Girls to the male leads in her new Netflix series, Dunham’s created some of TV’s most emotionally complex male characters, too.