With damning reminders of real-world economic disparities, Stardew Valley is an incredible caricature of how the expectations of equal work and play are simply pipe dreams in an emulation of rural capitalism
We think of influencing as simple: someone you like online tells you to buy something, and you do, like the good little consumer that you are. Maybe it’s not that straightforward
Nature revealed last year that 2% of scientific papers – tens of thousands – are not as true as you’d think they are. Hannah looks into the situation at hand
The internet has a new obsession: packing women into neat, labelled boxes based on their aesthetics. What are, then, the consequences of the commodification of women?
The prospect of our future jobs is scary, but, perhaps even scarier, is being asked about them. Lifestyle breaks down why this is, and why, ultimately, our lives should be defined by something bigger than our work
Balenciaga has been called out for putting their label on cult fashion products to appeal to the capitalist world of label-lovers. Have they gone too far?
The ongoing Indian farmers’ protests are the latest in a history of non-violent mass protests against governments that ignore the needs of their people, as Annie Dabb lays out
Felix Hanif-Banks covers a recent talk on Love Island and Marxism, discussing how the controversial show contributes to a negative culture of consumerism
