Beyond Flesh and Bones
A human being is more than the sum of her body parts. Nevertheless, throughout our everyday lives we encounter situations where we are reduced…
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Ukrainian Revelation – Perspectives of a Jewish Patriot
In January of 2014, the Maidan revolution in Ukraine took a violent turn when the special forces of the police attempted to suppress the…
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Slacktivism in the Age of the Internet
There’s a slew of websites that are championing themselves as galvanisers of change and opponents of injustice everywhere. Their e-petitions are dominating your Facebook…
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“If Art is Anything, It Is Everything” – ‘On Style’
This week’s Textasy is of Susan Sontag’s essay, ‘On Style’. Style is the unique manifestation of human will, the form of which is most clearly…
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When Graffiti Means Art – Vandals Show Love
The human need to leave marks on our surroundings came to light about 40,000 years ago when Homo sapiens started painting and carving pictures…
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May 2014: New JTP team
So the summer has sort of come early in Berlin… The birds are singing, open-airs are popping up, the nudists are occupying the lakes and…
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The King of Etiquette – Overcoming Asperger’s
Asperger syndrome is an autistic spectrum disorder characterised by difficulties in social and nonverbal communication. Differing from other autistic disorders, in that the linguistic…
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The Color of the Sound – Living with Synesthesia
‘Dog’ is green, ‘sky’ is pink, ‘door’ always turns to the left, and consonants elongate the words they’re contained in. No, this is not…
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Journey to the Lowerworld
It was a phase in her life, she said, in which she felt strongly compelled to explore the expanse and purpose of her spiritual…
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Life in Limbo – ‘Waiting for Godot’
The play Waiting for Godot by Irish playwright Sameul Beckett is an absurdist piece of drama in which the main characters, Vladimir and Estragon, are condemned…
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Shining Into Darkness – The Power of Protest
You are living in a state of total comfort in your home, with your family; your two children are educated according to your values…
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The Silicon Valley Promise
When you read about start-ups in the newspaper they always seem successful. Recently, Facebook paid a measly nineteen billion dollars in shares and cash…
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Stranger In My Bed
This is the personal story of an interviewee, Julia; a visual artist and photographer who speaks about her personal journey into long-distance sadomasochism. He…
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LovExchanges – Travel and True Love
Travelling is about meeting new people and collecting different life experiences from all over the world to enrich our minds and lives. Rachel, a…
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The Amish Closet – Growing up Gay in a Closed Community
What happens when a man discovers he’s gay but the culture he is raised in doesn’t address sexuality, much less homosexuality? James Schwartz, an…
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Manorexia – The Silent Disease
From skinny top models to thigh-gap obsessions and the Barbie doll ideal, we are all aware of the pressure that society imposes on women…
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Wonka vs. Wonka
Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is the classic children’s tale of a boy who is plucked from poverty and thrust into a…
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Living & Not Living in the Age of Experience – ‘Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived Life’
Stuffication is a book about the burden of material ownership. The author, James Wallman, examines the history and coming twilight of the material age before…
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Bittersweet Taste of Freedom – Ukrainian Revolution
After massive government corruption, abuse of power, and violations of human rights, many protesters seized the opportunity to change their lives in Ukraine. The…
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