“Being born a woman is my awful tragedy.” Sylvia Plath journalled in 1959, four years before her death. “From the moment I was conceived I was doomed to sprout breasts and a womb and to adore men who are the enemies of my kind.” A year later, in 1960, poet Anne Sexton underwent an illegal… Continue reading The Womb is a Haunted House: Looking to the Works of Plath and Sexton as a Woman in 2025
An AI-powered “brain decoder” can now read your thoughts with surprising accuracy. Scientists from the University of Texas at Austin have achieved a groundbreaking feat: translating people’s brain activity, including their unspoken thoughts, into actual speech. This development, detailed in a study published in Nature, marks a significant advancement in brain-computer interface (BCI) technology. Traditionally,… Continue reading Mind-reading technology has arrived
In 2012, Prada took an unconventional approach by recruiting actors renowned for their villainous roles to showcase their suits, in which the phrase “the devil wears Prada” took on a literal meaning. For the fall 2012 men’s show at Milan Fashion Week, Prada opted for a twist by featuring a cast of notable antagonists instead… Continue reading Defoe, Oldman and Brody are Prada villains
