Creativity’s positive impact on humans – more important now than ever?
Culture . SocietyIn a time of 5 seconds tik tok-clips, influencers and hours of screen time, lots of people seem to experience increasing stress levels and mental health issues because of social media. In the 2016 published book Depress Anxiety- Association between Social Media Use and Depression among U.S. Young Adults, study shows that social media use
Venice: between fairytale and nightmare
City life . Culture . Society . Travel“There is a glorious City in the Sea.The Sea is in the broad, the narrow streets,Ebbing and flowing; and the salt sea-weedClings to the marble of her palaces.No track of men, no footsteps to and fro,Lead to her gates. The path lies o’er the Sea,Invisible; and from the land we went,As to a floating City
Should We Dive into “Involution” or just “Lie Flat”?
SocietyChinese people, especially those born in the 90s and millennium, are now living in a hyper-competitive society, working hard to get better diplomas and well-paid jobs. It seems that this rat race has started since the moment they were born. “I well remember that my weekends in primary school were taken up with cram schools.
Die Geschichte hinter jedem Flüchtling
Authors . SocietyUkraine Situation ist außer Kontrolle und das Leben in der Stadt ist unerträglich geworden. Die Menschen in die Ukraine müssen jeden Tag nach einem anderen Land fliehen und viele Schwierigkeiten überwinden, um ein besseres Leben zu finden. Die Flüchtlinge sind nicht nur Zählen, sondern jeden hat eine Geschichte und hinter jeder persönlichen Erfahrung gibt es
How did they do it before?
City life . Society . Student lifeThree months here and dozens of Instagram stories, hundreds of Snapchats sent, FaceTime calls galore, Whatsapp groups for anything and everything… I don’t think you can say that my semester would have been the same without social media. But at the same time, since it became a huge part of our lives, nothing is the
My dream job is to do mostly nothing but if I have to choose..
Authors . SocietyMy dream job is to do something related in the arts field, without worrying about my finances or stability. Perhaps to be more accurate I would love to be a nepotism baby. There are many things I want to pursue. I want to be an illustrator, a tattoo artist, a writer, and to be very
SMALL BUSINESSES ARE SHUTTING DOWN
City life . Culture . SocietyCaterina Cainca It has been devastating watching my parents struggling to keep their shops. It is more or less March 2020 and many shop owners are forced to shut down their businesses. Cities are almost dead; a city is alive as long as there are restaurants, bars and stores, but all people who run these
Is it ethical to vaccinate children, who are part of a non-risk group, in order to, supposedly, create herd immunity and eradicate the virus?
Controversy . Covid-19 . PoliticsAna Mafalda Cabral For the past three years the Portuguese people, as the majority of the world, have been trying to survive through a pandemic. Each individual fought for their health and stability while the government kept throwing controversial debates to exacerbate the situation even more. The latest one, one that puts part of the
Inappropriate appreciation of the richest Czech
Media . Politics . SocietyThe richest Czech, who died in helicopter crash during a heli-skiing last year in Alaska, PetrKellner, does not deserve the Order of the White Lion. But the fact that he was awarded byPresident Miloš Zeman cannot surprise many. The annual awarding of state honors became an indecent farce during the presidency of thecurrent head of
Care about human rights? Stop watching football
Authors . Culture . Politics . Society . Sports . TravelFootball is far from the innocent game of fun that it used to be when I was a child. Nowadays it’s heavenly influenced by oil money from countries with somewhat questionable “human rights”. This week, the Spanish Super Cup is played. Four Spanish top teams competing in a small Spanish tournament. But it doesn’t take