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Modern online media is all about the signal boost, so every Friday here at Flavorwire, we take a moment to spotlight some of the best stuff we’ve read online this week. Today, thoughts on how our reading habits change, a troubling exposé of a YouTube scam, a call for more arts criticism, and an interview with a […]
Russia’s northern capital, Saint Petersburg, has been named the world’s leading cultural city destination for the third consecutive year. The award is traditionally handed out by the World Travel Awards (WTA). Saint Petersburg, that once again justified its rank as the Russian cultural capital, triumphed over Beijing, London, New York City, Paris, the Ecuadorian capital […]
Enlarge / The HPV vaccine is often delivered along with sex education. (credit: Pan American Health Organization / Flickr) Every year, nearly 34,000 cases of cancer in the US can be attributed to HPV, the human papillomavirus . The CDC estimates that vaccination could prevent around 93 percent of those cancers. Yet HPV vaccination rates […]
The devastating fire at the National Museum of Brazil shows the importance of digitizing the world’s knowledge. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b9186c02276a32d7af43796/master/pass/brazilmuseumfire-1026318908.jpg
Published time: 10 Apr, 2018 03:49 Edited time: 10 Apr, 2018 03:49 The controlled demolition of a 53-meter disused cement silo in Denmark went spectacularly wrong in front of hundreds of spectators, when explosives pushed the building in the wrong direction, crushing part of a cultural center. Vordingborg Mayor Mikael Smed said that, thankfully, there […]
Lauren Greenfield, the filmmaker behind the acclaimed 2012 documentary The Queen of Versailles, is back. Her newest movie, Generation Wealth, is an exploration of materialism, cultural excess, and the perversion and mutation of the American Dream. The film is gripping and horrifying in equal measure. Check out the new Generation Wealth trailer below and see what […]
Fox Searchlight Pictures Wes Anderson’s “Isle of Dogs” is being praised by many film critics. But others — even those who enjoyed it — are pointing out the culture appropriation. The movie takes place in a dystopian Japanese city. The heroes of the movie are almost all voiced by white actors, though. Critics are pointing […]
Russell Harper Natalie and Drew Greenall at their Woodlands View home in Hastings It has improved access to London for commuter towns as well as to previously shunned seaside resorts that are fast becoming desirable cultural hotspots thanks to artists and creative types quietly colonising them, attracted by the relatively cheap property prices. Now a […]
Enlarge / Do many gamers even recognize this as one of gaming’s most prestigious awards? LAS VEGAS—Every year, when I tell people I’m going to Las Vegas in February for video gaming’s version of the academy awards, the response is usually the same: “I didn’t even know video games had an academy awards.” Yes, those […]
Ukrainian right-wing extremists have burst into the building of the Russian international cultural agency in Kiev. The radicals burnt a Russian flag and wreaked havoc in the facility at a time when “children were there.” The intruders also vandalized an exhibition dedicated to the famous Russian opera singer, Feodor Chaliapin, Rossotrudnichestvo – the cultural agency in […]
