003 - OFFLINE ALGORITHM

An anti-scroll collection of newsworthy things we watched & read this week.

003 - OFFLINE ALGORITHM

Editor's Note: This is our brand new weekly roundup of interesting things from across the internet, collated in an anti-doomscroll formation. We'll cover everything from cultural phenomenon to niche articles from across the web, and throw in a few pieces from OBSCURAE for good measure, in case you missed them. This is a new series for us, so if you have any thoughts or notes, send us an email – team@obscurae.co.uk.

COVID Consciousness as a Subculture
The nostalgia freeze is a crisis of imagination. COVID consciousness is a way out.
Elon Musk Got 25,000 Likes Attacking Lupita Nyong’o’s Casting. The Ancient Greeks Would Have Found Him Ridiculous.
The woman who launched a thousand ships was never given a skin color by Homer. White supremacist beauty standards filled in the blanks centuries later.*
The Year of Pathetic Men
Dispatches from loserdom: are stories about bad men meant to indict or inoculate them from further critique?

(Editor's Note: I don't agree with the final argument of this video, but the amazing research of it still stands!)

Iron Lung: Mark did it, and so can you.
A new indie horror film swept the Box Office this weekend, and could signal a massive shift in the industry - Amy-May reports back for us.

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