Culture

Holocaust Distortion: Why is it so harmful? (Teen Vogue)

Final Destination Bridges Two Eras of Horror (Hero Collector)

Are Toronto's small concert venues doomed? (Toronto Star)

The harms of minimizing the tragedy

Are Toronto's small concert venues doomed? (Toronto Star)

Final Destination Bridges Two Eras of Horror (Hero Collector)

Are Toronto's small concert venues doomed? (Toronto Star)

The future of Toronto's small venues does not have to be grim.

Final Destination Bridges Two Eras of Horror (Hero Collector)

Did Bob's Burgers predict the MLB pitching scandal? (FanSided)

There's something that feels irreplicable about 2000's horror.

Did Bob's Burgers predict the MLB pitching scandal? (FanSided)

A prescient episode of Bob’s Burgers, predicted the MLB pitching scandal.

The Strange Allure of True Crime Makeup Videos on YouTube (i-D)

This trend stands as a testimony to the resilience of true crime as a genre.

Ben Wheatley's "In The Earth" Finds Horror in Fungi (The Verge)

In The Earth is a good indicator of the direction in which horror is moving

"Violation" is a Gruesome Addition to the Rape-Revenge Genre (Bitch Media)

Violation offers a clinical perspective into the pain that motivates revenge.

5 Women-Directed Horror Films from Sundance (Bitch Media)

The following horror and thriller films, all directed by women, tackle themes of mental health, family, and trauma.

We Still Don’t Know How to Mourn Jewish Celebrities (Bitch Media)

Non-religious Queer Storylines Still Rule the TV Roost (Bitch Media)

It’s a disservice to remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a feminist icon but erase her Jewishness

Non-religious Queer Storylines Still Rule the TV Roost (Bitch Media)

Jewish leaders have long been on the forefront of queer issues, yet, TV shows rarely reflect the realities of queer Jewish people.

Holocaust Remembrance Day: Putting the pandemic in perspective (Toronto Star)

Recent tweets display a fundamental misunderstanding of the Holocaust and suggest a misunderstanding of the pandemic.

‘BoJack Horseman’ Didn’t Need Jewish Characters to Tell Jewish Stories (Alma)

Raphael Bob-Waksberg infused the show with very Jewish moments.

Linguistics

Hebrew and Yiddish get their own Wordle versions (JTA)

From Judeo-Greek to Karaim, Oxford courses on rare Jewish languages aim to save heritages (JTA)

Programmers have expanded the addicting word game

From Judeo-Greek to Karaim, Oxford courses on rare Jewish languages aim to save heritages (JTA)

The ripple effects of a program like this are not secluded to the Jewish realm.

10 Affordable Resources and Courses to Learn Russian (Business Insider)

How to learn the Russian language online, using books, courses, and apps.

BSC develops How2Sign, AI database for Sign Language Translation (MultiLingual Magazine)

The Barcelona Supercomputing Center has developed a database called How2Sign for the automatic translation of sign language

Pangloss, the Archive Dedicating to Preserving Languages (MultiLingual Magazine)

Netflix Leads Way in Localization Testing with "Shakespeare" (MultiLingual Magazine)

Language archives like Pangloss will prove to be essential to language revitalization campaigns, as AI grows more sophisticated and takes over transcription duties

Netflix Leads Way in Localization Testing with "Shakespeare" (MultiLingual Magazine)

Designed by Netflix’s Internationalization team, “Shakespeare”—the name for the tool, not the Bard—has helped Netflix improve their copy testing

LanguageWire Debuts New AI Translation Service (MultiLingual Magazine)

This new system employs LanguageWire's existing AI technology and is more than 20% more accurate than competitors.