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Language as Border and the Rupture of French Meritocracy
The Broken Gate: Schoolyards and the Smoke of Autumn The courtyard gates of the Lycée Henri-Wallon in Aubervilliers were never built to withstand fire. Erected during an era when the state viewed…
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The Industry of Righteous Spectacle
The Architecture of Cold Selection The images arrive without the dirt of the street. In the documentary NAZA, directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, warfare is presented not through the trembling…
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The Moral Engine of Human Progress
The Modern Illusion of Youth Photographs and films from the middle of the twentieth century show a demographic picture that feels strikingly distant from our everyday experience. In classic cinema and television…
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Tom Yonashiro is a writer with a background in philosophy, religion, technology, and cybersecurity marketing. He writes to translate life’s complexities into meaning.