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Nostalgia

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Iconic ‘Ghana Must Go’ bag gets refashioned as a meditation on migration

Fashion

Photographer Obinna Obioma transforms the iconic “Ghana Must Go” bag into a powerful narrative about migration, nostalgia and longing for home.

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‘Scents of Normality’ captures the essence of everyday life before lockdown

COVID-19

Commentary: Craving Instant Patina

Arts, Culture & Media

Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

Arts, Culture & Media

Music Videos from the 90s are So Totally Lost on Millenials

Arts, Culture & Media
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“Saved by the Bell” Meets Feminist Theorist Bell Hooks

Arts, Culture & Media

The work of leftist cultural critic bell hooks meets the TV series “Saved by the Bell” on the internet’s best new blog. 

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A small-town Mexican photographer brings big-time nostalgia with him to Detroit

Culture

Most of Detroit’s Mexican immigrant community hails from the town of San Ignacio in Jalisco. So they bring a photographer from there too.

The Surprising Benefits of Nostalgia

For nearly five centuries, doctors have classified nostalgia as a disease–even a form a psychosis. John Tierney, science columnist for Takeaway partner The New York Times, says that a  17th century Swiss physician first identified nostalgia as a disorder. In the 19th and 20th centuries, as waves of immigrants settled in the United States, doctors called […]

Nostalgia for the Soviet Union

Global Politics

The Soviet Union dissolved 20 years ago this Sunday. More than half of all Russians now regret that demise, according to a recent poll. Brigid McCarthy visited a restaurant in Moscow that lets nostalgic customers pretend they’re back in the USSR.

The World

Design for the Real World: Throwback Uniforms

Sports

This fall, eight NFL teams have donned the old American Football League uniforms. Graphic designer and sports blogger Jim Ransdell thinks these bold, simple patterns are timeless. Produced by Alana Harper.

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