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The last spectacle of cruelty and why bullfighting is not culture

Civilization has always liked to believe in its own progress. We repeat to ourselves that reason triumphed over savagery, that ethics replaced instinct, and that compassion finally conquered spectacle. But every time the gates of a bullring open and the…

The comfort cult of 90s TV

For nearly three decades, popular culture has treated Friends and Sex and the City as sacred relics of television history. They are streamed, quoted, revived, and endlessly referenced as if their perfection were self-evident. To question them feels almost heretical…

Beyond Westeros: why Game of Thrones is overrated

Few statements provoke more outrage among fans of modern television and fantasy than this one: Game of Thrones is overrated. For over a decade, George R. R. Martin’s saga, and its HBO adaptation, have been celebrated as the…