Protests in Myanmar continue to rage, and this is perhaps the most iconic image (for some demographics, at least). On a personal front, the events that conspired to clash over the weekend – Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day – melded into a rather lovely time of visitation followed by a staycation and steak dinner. How was your weekend, readers?
I've always loved the inventive spirit of the Kenyan people, having fallen in love with the country on my visits there 2018-2019. Matee shows us what innovation born out of scarcity is like.
Aptly described VICE as a 'choose-your-own-adventure political game' …. I have a feeling that I would relish this far too much, almost Monopoly-like. Oops.
Davidann makes an interesting argument about Westernisation, but I would counter that East Asian nations have hardly considered the 20th century as the 'West's', rather an aberration in the grand scheme of human history.
Using your womenfolk as political strategy might be a Sinosphere thing. Families competed for their daughters to be accepted into the imperial family, from which they could begin political ascendency. Consider the families of Wu Zetian and Cixi.
Any article that singles out Foucault as an example and piles on is a champ in my books, but this writer needs to avoid a slippery slope.