Whenever I see a giant American hypermarket, I feel nauseous. I feel uncomfortable seeing too many things and I know that a big part of it will be wasted. It’s too much. And there still are hungers everywhere, and the planet is dying. It is like I just discovered how the word “materialism” taste like: disgusting. No wonder things like alternative medicine, vintage fashion or healthy cuisine are en vogue. Some people are tired of this excess of wealth. Of…
“Cái tốt tạo ra trật tự, ánh sáng và đàn ông; và cái xấu tạo ra hỗn loạn, tăm tối và đàn bà”. Py-ta-go “Tất cả những gì mà đàn ông viết về phụ nữ đều đáng bị nghi ngờ, bởi họ vừa là người phán xử, vừa là bên tham gia”. Poulain de la Barre Lời tựa Tôi đã lưỡng lự rất lâu trước khi quyết định viết một cuốn sách về phụ nữ. Đây là một chủ đề…
Le deuxième sexe – Giới tính thứ hai – Simone de Beauvoir Lời tựa
I remember the early days of this Covid-19 pandemic when people, in Europe mostly, go to their window at night to clap to show their appreciation for the healthcare workers. I can not tell for the doctors and nurses out there, but it could be nice to see people are graceful. Problem is, it should be more, much more than that. Symbolic supports are great, but what is greater is concrete actions, like improvement of working condition, pay raise or…
I think even now I still hear people (men mostly) ask half-jokingly that why there is an International Women Day but no International Men Day. I, totally not jokingly, would say that it is because all the other 364 days are already Men Days. This perfectly illustrates the saying: when you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression. I can go on an on and on on how women are far from getting equal treatment to men in almost everything….
I am usually not interested in classical paintings. They are too heavy, both in composition and allegory, for me. So when I heard that one Leonardo da Vinci’s painting was sold for 450 millions dollars, my reaction was: “kay”. After all, neither the fascination for any thing “da Vinci” and a whopping price tag for an art are surprising in this world. What interesting is observing the reactions of people to it. A lot are excited: about the record breaking price, about how it…
http://vnexpress.net/tin-tuc/thoi-su/cuoc-phieu-luu-cua-nguoi-mong-trong-pho-3631259.html Nhìn tiêu đề của bài báo này, mình đã thấy hơi là lạ. Đọc xong bài thì mình không còn cảm thấy lạ, mà khó chịu. Bài báo rất hay, nội dung rất truyền cảm và đem lại thông tin hữu ích. Tuy nhiên cách hành văn của bài báo giống như được dịch lại một cách ngô nghê từ tiếng Anh, hoặc là người viết là Việt kiều chưa nắm rõ tiếng Việt. Nhưng bài báo này chắc…
I wish people would consider fashion as a hobby, like playing piano. You will be admired if you play it well, but if you don’t play piano, no one will judge you. Not just fashion, but also make up, beauty regime, anything to do with appearance. I wish those things were niche, an underground culture that only a few people would care about. Funny that people say women care too much about appearance, like we had a choice, like men didn’t want…
Arrival is not a movie that I particularly like. It is a very good movie, it moved me and I even read the short story that the movie is based on after watching it. But I won’t watch it again. Renner was there and I can barely tolerate him. And when the magic of first time viewing has gone, the movie is no longer interesting to me. But the story, both in the book and in the movie, is a…
Ma Văn Kháng, one of the writers that I really like, in one of my favorite books of his “Mùa lá rụng trong vườn”, made a character said: “After this generation of television and refrigerator, where will we head to? We will just return to the fundamental values.” The book was written in the 80s, by now, Mr Kháng would know that we didn’t return, after television, we have internet, smartphone and tablet. Of course, the character that said that…