Culture

Discover the best articles, videos, and resources on Culture from around the web. Follow along on Refind to get the most relevant new links picked for you.
9 Best Articles in 2021
medium.com
Something is wrong on the internetmedium.com
20+ min read · From 2017 · I’m James Bridle. I’m a writer and artist concerned with technology and culture. I usually write on my own blog, but frankly I don’t want…
culture
internet
automation
Aeon+Psyche
How to gain more from your readingAeon+Psyche
~17 min read · Jul 7th · There’s more to words than meets the eye. Deepen your appreciation of literature through the art of slow, attentive reading
books
career
productivity
Most highlighted
From reading deeply, you gain experience as well as knowledge: you gain from reading literary works in all their unique particularity.
You probably already enjoy the ways that literary works entertain you, instruct you, move you. Recognising and understanding how they accomplish these things will enable you to deepen your appreciation still further and gain even more reward.
There’s more to words than meets the eye. Deepen your appreciation of literature through the art of slow, attentive reading
The Atlantic
NFTs Are an Art Project Gone AwryThe Atlantic
8 min read · Apr 2nd · When we invented non-fungible tokens, we were trying to protect artists. But tech-world opportunism has struck again.
art
finance
technology
Guardian Books
Thirty books to help us understand the world in 2020Guardian Books
20+ min read · 2020-10-18 · The climate crisis, gender, populism, big tech, pandemics, race… our experts recommend titles to illuminate the issues of the day
books
culture
book recommendations
Guardian Books
Why do so few men read books by women?Guardian Books
4 min read · Jul 9th · No matter if it is Austen or Atwood, the Brontës or Booker winners, data shows men are reluctant to read women – and this has real world implications
equality
culture
books
Most highlighted
Female authors through the centuries, from the Brontë sisters to George Eliot to JK Rowling, have felt obliged to disguise their gender to persuade boys and men to read their books.
For the top 10 bestselling female authors (who include Jane Austen and Margaret Atwood, as well as Danielle Steel and Jojo Moyes), only 19% of their readers are men and 81%, women. But for the top 10 bestselling male authors (who include Charles Dickens and JRR Tolkien, as well as Lee Child and Stephen King), the split is much more even: 55% men and 45% women.
The New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2020The New York Times
20+ min read · 2020-11-20 · The year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review
books
culture
The New Statesman
Judith Butler on the culture wars, JK Rowling and living in “anti-intellectual times”The New Statesman
8 min read · 2020-09-22 · Thirty years ago, the philosopher Judith Butler, now 64, published a book that revolutionised popular attitudes on gender. Gender Trouble, the work she is perhaps best known for, introduced ideas of…
culture
philosophy
equality
youtube.com
8:46 - Dave Chappelleyoutube.com
2020-06-12 · From Dave: Normally I wouldn't show you something so unrefined, I hope you understand To find out more about how you can support the Equal Justice Initiative...
humor
culture
equality
artsandculture.google.com
Blob Opera - Google Arts & Cultureartsandculture.google.com
2020-12-15 · Create your own opera inspired song with Blob Opera - no music skills required ! A machine learning experiment by David Li in collaboration with Google Art...
google
digital life
culture
New this week
The 200 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years, According to Pitchfork Readers
Pitchfork
Seventy-Two Hours Under the Heat Dome
The New Yorker
'Black Lady Therapists' are still a TV trope. But now they have more depth
NPR
The Short Story at the Center of the “Bad Art Friend” Saga
The New Yorker
Identifying The ‘Bad Art Friend’ Is Easy
rottenindenmark.org
What if emotions aren’t universal but specific to each culture?
Aeon+Psyche
Take a deep dive
Recently popular
Anne Helen Petersen
Revenge Bedtime ProcrastinationAnne Helen Petersen
7 min read · Sep 26th · This is the Sunday edition of Culture Study — the newsletter from Anne Helen Petersen, which you can read about here. If you like it and want more like it in your inbox, consider subscribing. Here is…
better living
digital self
productivity
Most highlighted
You put your kids to bed, you let the dog outside, you turn off the lights, you’re ready for a much needed good night’s sleep — but then you can’t put yourself to bed.
It matters less what you’re doing and more that you’re doing it instead of what you’d planned to do: go to bed so as to sleep long enough to feel legitimately rested before you go through it all again. You’re revenge bedtime procrastinating.
That term originated in China, where it’s known as 報復性熬夜, and can alternately be translated as “retaliatory staying up late.”
The New York Times
Who Is the Bad Art Friend?The New York Times
20+ min read · Oct 5th · Art often draws inspiration from life — but what happens when it’s your life? Inside the curious case of Dawn Dorland v. Sonya Larson.
culture
art
Aeon+Psyche
What if emotions aren’t universal but specific to each culture?Aeon+Psyche
~16 min read · Oct 8th · What if emotions are not universal and hardwired but exquisite acts of meaning-making specific to context and culture?
psychology
culture
Pitchfork
The 200 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years, According to Pitchfork ReadersPitchfork
Oct 15th · You chose the best records released between 1996 and 2021.
music
culture
Business Insider
Hybrid work is a chance to redefine your culture. Seize the moment.Business Insider
6 min read · Sep 29th · Hybrid work, or having staff split their time between home and the office, is a common choice for employers. It's also the most complex.
company culture
culture
The New York Times
Ladies and Gentlemen, Daniel CraigThe New York Times
~13 min read · Sep 30th · At long last, the star of the James Bond franchise bids farewell to 007 with “No Time to Die” (and learns for the first time about his life as an internet meme).
movies
culture
tv
Most highlighted
“All I really wanted to do was make a living out of it,” he said of acting. “I wanted not to have to wait on tables, which I’d been doing since I was 16. I figured that if I could do it and pay the rent, then I was a success.”
rottenindenmark.org
Identifying The ‘Bad Art Friend’ Is Easyrottenindenmark.org
~12 min read · Oct 10th · The most consequential decision Robert Kolker made in “Bad Art Friend” was telling it out of order. Kolker’s version appears to be chronological, but he withholds crucial informat…
culture
art
The New Yorker
Sid Meier and the Meaning of “Civilization”The New Yorker
10 min read · Sep 22nd · How one video game tells the story of an industry.
culture
video games
strategy
The New Yorker
The Short Story at the Center of the “Bad Art Friend” SagaThe New Yorker
8 min read · Oct 10th · A Times Magazine feature has prompted feverish discourse about the ethics of artistic appropriation. Is the art in question any good?
culture
NPR
'Black Lady Therapists' are still a TV trope. But now they have more depthNPR
7 min read · Oct 8th · Ted Lasso, In Treatment and The White Lotus have demonstrated how to subvert this tired stereotype.
culture
Culture

9 Best Articles in 2021

New this week

Take a deep dive

Recently popular

The 5 most relevant links from around the web. With summaries + highlights.

Welcome back
