Gorbachev’s greatest legacy
Mikhail Gorbachev was my first introduction to politics. I was very small, in a car being driven by my father, squashed in the backseat between relatives. Everyone was loudly arguing about Gorbachev...
Year: 2022
Is Serbia’s recognition of Kosovo now just a matter of time?
Unlike Ukraine, which will never recognize any documents issued by the Russia-backed self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic and Lugansk People’s Republic, Serbia has, on August 27, recognized...
The web’s top three #28
Every Monday on Global Comment, we share the slow, thoughtful, considerate words that our brains - and souls - need but that it's easy to miss in our busy world. We distil the best of the web and...
Podcast Showcase: TikTok Marketing Podcast
Welcome to the next in the Podcast Showcase series, where we share podcasts with you in the words of the podcasters themselves. This time, we talk to the TikTok Marketing Podcast. Sum up your podcast...
The best TV and streaming premieres in September 2022
So far this year, numerous irresistible series have been released. Netflix, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Hulu, Apple TV+, and Peacock have dared to place increasingly exciting and seductive...
The lessons my love of books taught me about grief
When I was 18 years old, the fear of losing my parents overcame me. The terror faded when I realized that it would be much harder for them to lose a child. Eighteen years later, I faced the harsh...
Human MOOP: Matter Out of Place
Nikolaus Geyrhalter has described his static-camera, nearly architecturally-composed, observational docs as “archival material, which people will dig out in 50 or 100 years.” Which makes perfect...
‘Digilantism,’ ‘hackbacks’ and mutual aid are used by online activists to fight trolls
Sandra Jeppesen, Lakehead University On Aug. 5, 2022, digital trans activist Clara Sorrenti found herself arrested at gunpoint at her home in London, Ont. Anti-trans trolls had falsely reported she...
The web’s top three #27
Every Monday on Global Comment, we share the slow, thoughtful, considerate words that our brains - and souls - need but that it's easy to miss in our busy world. We distil the best of the web and...
Killing Bunny or framing the main characters?: Only Murders in the Building 2 review
Last August, streaming platform Hulu premiered the irreverent series Only Murders in the Building, a crime-solving-oriented mystery comedy. This peculiar production follows three strangers,...