Fragments

My personal brain dump, and maybe your future source for inspiration. Just generally things I have thought of and/or cannot let go, and things I might want to use for future reference. 

-> sources of articles I have made use of in researching my topics

THE CULTURAL RISE OF YEARNING: WHEN LONGING BECOMES IDENTITY

-2025 being the year of yearning and it becoming a trend of sorts  https://www.nssmag.com/en/lifestyle/43301/2025-year-of-yearning-gen-z-tiktok-jeff-buckley https://bookriot.com/what-bring-back-yearning-really-means/

-bed rotting becoming a concept?

VIRAL SONGS, QUIET STATEMENTS: THE AGE OF THE APOLITICAL POPSTAR

-celebrities and politics, should they advocate or stay out of political issues?https://www.shoutoutuk.org/2025/07/11/pop-girls-political-engagement-and-performatism-do-celebrities- have-a-responsibility-to-speak-up-on-politics/ 

https://english.elpais.com/people/2025-05-07/from-gwen-stefani-to-katy-perry-to-kim-kardashian-the-maga-drift-of-democratic-celebrities.html 

https://www.thegryphon.co.uk/2024/11/23/do-pop-stars-have-a-responsibility-to-be-political/

-> looking at examples & where to draw the line between personal and moral decisions 

ORDINARY PICTURES AND DEEP MESSAGES: HOW THE POMEGRANATE BECAME A SYMBOL OF ETERNAL LOVE

https://greekmyth.substack.com/p/the-pomegranate-and-persephone

https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0138%3Ahymn%3D2

RESEARCH NEW POST

https://medium.com/@catiavieira/why-is-female-masturbation-still-a-taboo-7ea96e84a13d

https://genderhistory.pubpub.org/pub/need-a-hand/release/1