by Culture Unraveled | Dec 3, 2024
Cixin Liu’s Death’s End, the concluding book of The Three-Body Problem trilogy, introduces us to one of the most compelling and complex characters in modern science fiction—Cheng Xin. She isn’t bold or heroic in the way we might expect from a character tasked with...
by Culture Unraveled | Nov 26, 2024
Several years ago, I was in my grandmother’s house meeting the family of my cousin’s new husband. It was a rather traditional affair and my aunt nudged me to serve tea to the guests, noting that it was the responsibility of the next-in-line. It was a sign of...
by Culture Unraveled | Nov 19, 2024
‘Dopamine’ is a word we’ve all heard before, in fact it’s become quite overused, and in a lot of cases, misused. It’s become somewhat of a buzzword in popular culture and a synonym or placeholder for pleasure, gratification & positive emotion, so it’s easy to be...
by Culture Unraveled | Nov 12, 2024
Imagine this: a highly intelligent robot named Roz, washed ashore on an isolated island, somehow finds herself in the role of a mother. No guide, no cultural script, no instincts built for nurturing—just the sight of a helpless gosling who needs her. Roz wasn’t...
by Culture Unraveled | Nov 5, 2024
It’s incredibly rare when the internet unanimously agrees on something, so when the sequel to the highly profitable film, ‘Joker’ received a resoundingly negative reception across social media, the need for a closer look seems inviting. Given the way the studio system...
