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AI porn isn’t regulated. What does that mean for depictions of queer bodies?
13+ hour, 8+ min ago (1222+ words) Design by Sophie Holland via Uncloseted media. Used with permission. When Pornhub'released its most-watched categories of 2025, queer-themed content held the top two spots: "Lesbian" was the most viewed category, and "Transgender" was the second most viewed, up five spots from…...
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5+ day, 20+ hour ago (13+ words) How did an Afghan woman journalist's writing resonate in China?Global Voices...
How Bad Bunny brought the issue of Puerto Rico’s power grid into world view
1+ week, 5+ day ago (826+ words) Screenshot of Bad Bunny's Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show taken from the NFL YouTube video. Fair use. Super Bowl halftime shows are always a spectacle, but at Super Bowl LX, Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny did something unusual: he…...
When it comes to the Malvinas Islands, a name is more than just a name to Argentinians
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (891+ words) Satellite image of the Malvinas Islands, known as the Falkland Islands in the UK. Art over public domain image on'Wikimedia Commons. When the Argentinian science fiction series "The Eternaut" first became available on the streaming service Netflix, translator Daiana Estefan'a…...
Introducing kobudo, Japan’s traditional martial arts
2+ week, 3+ day ago (870+ words) Nowadays, most martial arts are consumed primarily as sporting events. Matches at the Olympics, or other shows, have strict rules that define the scoring systems and target areas to ensure participants" safety. In judo, joint locks are only permitted on…...
Kazakhstan officials extend control over the arts
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1229+ words) Kazakhstan's music industry is currently experiencing a golden age, with a range of new artists coming onto the scene. This includes those who have dared to speak out on social issues and the bloody suppression of protests in January 2022, commonly…...
Nawat language now has its own Wikipedia
3+ week, 6+ day ago (518+ words) The project had been dormant for many years, until a group recently revived the project through community mobilization, technical training, and an acknowledgement that digital sovereignty is an essential element for the sharing of knowledge in Indigenous languages. Part of…...
How the series ‘The Eternaut’ revived searches for the disappeared in Argentina
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (908+ words) Breaking the term "eternauta" down into "eter," evoking eternity or a transcendence of death, and "nauta," a traveler or navigator, you get "eternal traveler." In the 1957 Argentine comic strip "El Eternauta," by writer'H'ctor Germ'n Oesterheld, the eponymous traveler is Juan…...
Sudan’s sunken heritage: The hidden story behind Egypt’s High Dam
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (679+ words) This article by Ahmad Matarik was first published in Arabic on Raseef22 on July 7, 2025. This edited translation is published on Global Voices as part of a media partnership agreement." Thanks to tireless lobbying by Egypt's culture minister Tharwat Okasha, UNESCO was…...
Nepali poet Mani Lohani on life, literature, and the world of poetry
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (436+ words) Mani Lohani. Image provided by Mani Lohani Lohani has received several prestigious honors, including the Bhanumati Award, the Sarbottam Katha Award, the Banitashree Byathit Poetry Award, and the Sasiddhi Rastriy KalaShree Youth Award. His poems and stories have been translated…...