While some celebrate Saudi Arabia's broadening media landscape, human rights organisations fear that imprisoned women's activists and government critics are being neglected.
Out & About
Calling ‘OK Computer’ Ahead of Its Time Is Not the Compliment You Think It Is
There is something ‘cool’ about only a few people understanding a piece of art. To me, this attitude discounts the entire purpose of these non-mainstream narratives.
Music Recommendation Algorithms Are Unfair to Female Artists, But We Can Change That
Two IT professors have devised a simple approach of re-ranking the recommendations in order to break the algorithm's feedback loop.
Is Hong Kong’s Oscars Blackout a Sign of Beijing’s Crackdown on Hollywood?
The ban on the Academy Awards broadcast in Hong Kong this year could mean tightening censorship from mainland China.
Five Words That Don’t Mean What You Think They Do
How words change over time and why insisting that their original meaning be adhered to is silly.
The Indies 2020: Honouring the Best of Independent Music in India
The awards recognise the exceptional music released in the year 2019 outside the bounds of film, classical and folk music.
A Sitcom Through the Ages: A Postmodern Review of Marvel’s ‘WandaVision’
The show, as a sitcom, continuously refers to the art of making sitcoms, laying bare the structural traits of the genre.