Lettre d’une pigiste perdue dans l’enfer syrien
Par Francesca Borri, sur BiblioObs «Dormir chez les rebelles coûte 50$ par nuit; une voiture, 250$ par jour. Vous ne pouvez payer ni une assurance – 1000$ par mois – ni un fixeur. Vous êtes seul.»
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Lettre d’une pigiste perdue dans l’enfer syrien
Par Francesca Borri, sur BiblioObs «Dormir chez les rebelles coûte 50$ par nuit; une voiture, 250$ par jour. Vous ne pouvez payer ni une assurance – 1000$ par mois – ni un fixeur. Vous êtes seul.»
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Comment le Parti communiste chinois se débarrasse de ses délinquants
By Natalie Thomas,The Atlantic In a political party with over 80 million members, there are bound to be a few bad eggs. The article describes a system viewed on the one hand as “the sharpest weapon for fighting corruption” and as a “fatal black hole” on the other. It describes how this veiled system carries…
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Comment le Parti communiste chinois se débarrasse de ses délinquants
By Natalie Thomas,The Atlantic In a political party with over 80 million members, there are bound to be a few bad eggs. The article describes a system viewed on the one hand as “the sharpest weapon for fighting corruption” and as a “fatal black hole” on the other. It describes how this veiled system carries…
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Comment le Parti communiste chinois se débarrasse de ses délinquants
By Natalie Thomas,The Atlantic In a political party with over 80 million members, there are bound to be a few bad eggs. The article describes a system viewed on the one hand as “the sharpest weapon for fighting corruption” and as a “fatal black hole” on the other. It describes how this veiled system carries…
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Pourquoi les Européens ont eu peur de la tomate pendant 200 ans.
Smithsonian In the late 1700s, a large percentage of Europeans feared the tomato. The deadly, deadly tomato. Photo Credit: *Kicki* via Compfight cc A nickname for the fruit was the “poison apple” because it was thought that aristocrats got sick and died after eating them, but the truth of the matter was that wealthy Europeans used pewter plates, which…
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Pourquoi les Européens ont eu peur de la tomate pendant 200 ans.
Smithsonian In the late 1700s, a large percentage of Europeans feared the tomato. The deadly, deadly tomato. Photo Credit: *Kicki* via Compfight cc A nickname for the fruit was the “poison apple” because it was thought that aristocrats got sick and died after eating them, but the truth of the matter was that wealthy Europeans used pewter plates, which…
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Internet Archive: Cultural & Academic Films
The Internet Archive bills itself as “universal access to all knowledge,” and lives up to this promise by hosting dozens of thematic collections. This collection, covering Cultural & Academic Films, includes materials from the Academic Film Archive and the Media Burn Independent Film Archive, as well as documentaries by noted filmmaker Dorothy Fadiman. Also, the…
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Internet Archive: Cultural & Academic Films
The Internet Archive bills itself as “universal access to all knowledge,” and lives up to this promise by hosting dozens of thematic collections. This collection, covering Cultural & Academic Films, includes materials from the Academic Film Archive and the Media Burn Independent Film Archive, as well as documentaries by noted filmmaker Dorothy Fadiman. Also, the…
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La comparaison des magazines féminins, hier et aujourd’hui montre à quel point l’Amérique a changé
Laura Vanderkam, City Journal Journey Through the Checkout Racks Start with something that hasn’t changed: American women’s obsession with their figures. The January 1963 Redbook featured a cover line on a 10-DAY DIET TO HELP YOU RECOVER FROM THE HOLIDAYS; the February 2013 issue cajoles readers to “get to your best weight ever” and promises “the plan and the push…