A few weeks ago I visited the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh for the first time to see part of the Art Festival and GENERATION – a Scotland-wide celebration of Scottish art.
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Yes, I outwardly judge you for posting overly filtered photos on your social media page. But inwardly, I kind of really love it. I love the imagined nostalgia that converts bland mobile phone images into a romantic narrative. I love that photo filters bring design into daily life.
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In his 2011 speech (9) to declare the end of the Iraq War, the current President of the United States, Obama, used a common, but not trivial, phrasing: he conceptualised a soldier’s death in war as a gift to the nation.
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Cultural appropriation in fashion and dress is not often associated with the everyday clothing of Western consumers, but it should be.
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When, on 17 July flight MH17, a passenger liner was shot down over Ukraine, the search was on for those responsible. Or was it? Within twenty-four hours the western media had reached its verdict: Putin’s puppeteering was to blame for the 298 lives lost.
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