Articles by "Gaia Giorgi"

Four books to get through the winter A brief selection of recent reads we may have missed over the past few months, among nostalgia, the Internet, relationships, and identity

Four books to get through the winter

Has the Internet become full of embarrassing content? Self-mortification and cringe are the new forms of online authenticity

Has the Internet become full of embarrassing content?

Books to read in October 2025 Recommendations on what to read in the coming weeks

Books to read in October 2025

A practical guide to used books How to save money by alternating between platforms and websites

A practical guide to used books

Who are contemporary men? A portrait, between memes and literature

Who are contemporary men?

No one knows how old Nara Smith is Is she lying? And why is it a problem?

No one knows how old Nara Smith is

Books to read in September e lWith a focus on new releases

Books to read in September

Why is everyone watching The Summer I Turned Pretty? Nostalgia, teen drama, soccer teams and Taylor Swift

Why is everyone watching The Summer I Turned Pretty?

What to read in August 2025? Here's a selection of the most interesting new releases this month

What to read in August 2025?

What if our glasses were watching us? From concert scandals to stealthy tech, are we trading intimacy for innovation?

What if our glasses were watching us?

What happened in the seventh season of Love Island USA? The reality show where sexual desire is taboo

What happened in the seventh season of Love Island USA?

Who can afford to be beautiful? For the poor, there is body positivity, for the rich there is Ozempic: the body as content

Who can afford to be beautiful?

When a film festival tells the contradictions of today Our impressions on the Biografilm Festival 2025 in Bologna

When a film festival tells the contradictions of today

Books to read in July We've rounded up the most interesting recent releases

Books to read in July

The strange Meta warning about political content “Personalized” politics, Forza Italia in the feed, and chlorine-flavored AI: who asked for this?

The strange Meta warning about political content

Will anti-wellness save us? A survival guide to the wellness culture

Will anti-wellness save us?

Is Kylie Jenner a girl’s girl? The entrepreneur shares extremely specific details about her breast augmentation surgery

Is Kylie Jenner a girl’s girl?

Books to read in May 2025 The latest publishing releases straight from the Book Fair

Books to read in May 2025

Propaganda I'm not falling for, the TikTok trend where (almost) everything is labeled as propaganda Is it a reversal of the standard or a departure from the real meaning of the term?

"Propaganda I'm not falling for", the TikTok trend where (almost) everything is labeled as propaganda

Is Pride no longer profitable for brands? Companies stop supporting the LGBTQIA+ community

Is Pride no longer profitable for brands?

The problem with influencers in scrubs The abysmal difference between information and advertising

The problem with influencers in scrubs

J.K. Rowling never stops horrifying us The author celebrates the ruling of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom that redefines the meaning of woman

J.K. Rowling never stops horrifying us

Yet another filter has gone viral on TikTok The chubby filter on TikTok has gone viral, raising questions about digital accuracy and the role of filters in reinforcing aesthetic stereotypes

Yet another filter has gone viral on TikTok

The books to read in April We have gathered the most interesting recent releases

The books to read in April