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Shein in Paris

A French investigation dissects the controversial alliance between Shein and BHV owner Frédéric Merlin In Mediapart, journalist Mathias Thépot reports on the explosive arrival of the Chinese ultra-fast-fashion giant Shein inside Paris’s...

The “knowing child” against the cult of innocence

A meditation on how socialist Yugoslavia’s radical tradition of children’s literature was erased after 1990, and why reviving the figure of the “knowing child” matters urgently today. Written by cultural...

Venice is a video game

How the smart-city dream collides with the lagoon’s unruly, ungovernable heart In this essay for Domani, Stefano Dealessandri explores a Venice that is no longer just a city, but a playable...

Remaining barbaric

How personal darkness becomes a theory of class, race and aesthetic rebellion In this reflective essay for Mexican publication Revista de la Universidad, Dahlia de la Cerda traces her journey from...

Denmark’s fractured family

Why the myth of unity between Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands conceals a deep and uneasy divide In Eftertryk, Dánial Magnusson Haraldsen unravels the contradictions at the heart of what...

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