Articles by "Giorgia Manfè"
Toxic masculinity: where are we at?
From Paul Mescal to the WHO, numbers in hand for a plural approach
Our teenage years were so ugly
Acne, bad hair days, unfiltered photos, and embarrassing moments: maybe it was for the best
The Female Friendship Industrial Complex trap
How the cultural industry has transformed female friendship into a product to sell on Instagram
In Hollywood there are many female protagonists, but very few female directors
Even in TV series
The 'skinny epidemi' is only the latest manifestation of extreme thinness ideals
It's not just nostalgia, there's also something more subtle
The Harry Potter series has become a test of intellectual honesty
And not only
Johnny Depp has never been 'cancelled'
His return to the cinema in the movie Ebenezer is yet another proof
I Want Your Sex: Is Gen Z Really Afraid of Sex?
Between Purity Culture, performance anxiety and Gregg Araki's new film
What if the real reason we watch Temptation Island isn't trash TV, but capitalism?
It's a provocative theory, but perhaps not as absurd as it first sounds
Who Is a Thought Daughter?
A profile of the melancholic, book-loving girl who’s taking the Internet by storm
Hollywood and grassophobia: non-conforming bodies in movies and TV
From Little Miss Sunshine to Too Much
Why do so many celebrities end up in cults?
Hannah Murray's memoir reveals the real answer
Broken women: do we really have to fall apart to find ourselves?
Pop culture has convinced us that pain is the price of self-discovery
Why pop culture is obsessed with being trapped
From liminal spaces to haunted houses and cursed towns
You don't need a husband for a happy ending
Why single women are rewriting the rules of personal fulfillment
What does It mean to be a sellout?
Why the line between art, advertising, and commercial success has never been blurrier, and why being called a sellout no longer carries the same weight
Why today's TV series only portray dysfunctional families
From Modern Family to The Bear
We can't even manage to watch a whole film anymore
More than just cinema behavior, we're losing the habit of paying attention
The curse of celebrity culture: when the line between public persona and private self disappears
The new concept of privacy for celebrities and what this obsession says about us
One day nostalgia will have the better of us
No one had warned us that becoming adults would mean agonizing over the past
