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That Obscure Object of Desire
12 curated works.
LongingAfter-hoursUrban isolationMemory
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LongingAfter-hoursUrban isolation
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Missed It by That Much!
Carries a strong pull into essays through migration and identity.
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Talk That Talk
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Talk That Talk
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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Careful With That Axe, Eugene
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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Aggressively Regressive: The 'sin taxes' that make the poor poorer
Essays
Aggressively Regressive: The 'sin taxes' that make the poor poorer
Carries a strong pull into anime through modernity and identity.
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Aggressively Regressive: The 'sin taxes' that make the poor poorer
Aggressively Regressive: The 'sin taxes' that make the poor poorer is a 2013 essay or critical text by Christopher Snowdon, linked to England and United Kingdom and English. It keeps the thought field readable as criticism, argument, and...
ModernityResistanceIdentityMigration
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Music 2010s
Careful With That Axe, Eugene
After-hoursLonging
Welcome to the N.H.K.
Anime 2000s
Welcome to the N.H.K.
Twenty-two-year-old college dropout Tatsuhiro Satou has been a hikikomori for almost four years now. In his isolation, he has come to believe in many obscure conspiracy theories, but there is one in particular which he holds unshakable faith in: the theory that the evil conspirator behind his shut-in NEET (Not in Em...
Urban isolationFolkloreIdentitySurveillance
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Film 2000s
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
The Wind That Shakes the Barley is a 2006 film from United Kingdom, Ireland, and Germany, associated with Ken Loach. It keeps a wider cinema field of scale, memory, and regional contrast in view without reducing the title to a bare metad...
After-hoursMemoryLongingUrban isolation
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Music 2000s
Careful With That EP...
After-hoursLonging
That Man from Rio
Film 1960s
That Man from Rio
That Man from Rio is a 1964 film from France and Italy, associated with Philippe de Broca. It keeps a wider cinema field of scale, memory, and regional contrast in view without reducing the title to a bare metadata shell.
After-hoursMemoryLongingUrban isolation