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Mar 16

Love in Exile: ‘Happy Together’ (1997) / Wong Kar-Wai

The first clip in colour, following the black and white bedroom scene, is the shot of the Iguazu Falls. From a bird’s-eye view, this spectacular, somewhat psychedelic, scene seems to mean everything. The image of the waterfalls is the relationship between Fei and Po-Wing; their passion, love, aspirations. Happy Together…

Cinema

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Love in Exile: ‘Happy Together’ (1997) / Wong Kar-Wai
Love in Exile: ‘Happy Together’ (1997) / Wong Kar-Wai

Jan 27

Review: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Since graduating last summer, I finally had the time to start reading the way I used to before university. But it was then that I realised reading is a skill that has to be developed and one cannot, against assumption, wade into the world of books without some skill. Since…

Book Review

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Review: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Review: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Mar 24, 2021

Imagining A World Without Prisons Or Police

With the recent murder of George Floyd by police officers in Minnesota, there has been a rising call from Black Lives Matter activists to demolish policing as a whole. Many people will, understandably, feel confused at how society could possibly function without this institution in their lives. This text is…

Abolition

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Imagining A World Without Prisons Or Police
Imagining A World Without Prisons Or Police
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