Articles by "Giorgia Manfè"

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

Broken women: do we really have to fall apart to find ourselves?

Why pop culture is obsessed with being trapped From liminal spaces to haunted houses and cursed towns

Why pop culture is obsessed with being trapped

You don't need a husband for a happy ending Why single women are rewriting the rules of personal fulfillment

You don't need a husband for a happy ending

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

What does It mean to be a sellout?

Why today's TV series only portray dysfunctional families From Modern Family to The Bear

Why today's TV series only portray dysfunctional families

We can't even manage to watch a whole film anymore More than just cinema behavior, we're losing the habit of paying attention

We can't even manage to watch a whole film anymore

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

The curse of celebrity culture: when the line between public persona and private self disappears

One day nostalgia will have the better of us No one had warned us that becoming adults would mean agonizing over the past

One day nostalgia will have the better of us