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Dawn In Damascus

Kareem Shaheen | Newlines | 8th December 2024

Whatever is to follow in Syria, this outpouring of emotion in the wake of Assad’s fall deserves its day. “How do you distil the meaning of what happened in the last ten days, as Syria’s rebels staged the greatest insurgent comeback in history to end sixty years of Baathist rule? How do you distil the liberation of Aleppo, one of the world’s oldest cities? Damascus, it is from you that the morning flows” (1,300 words)

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Do General Audiences Exist?

Ernie Smith | Tedium | 8th December 2024 | U

History of the American film industry’s “safe-for-everyone” G-rating. Introduced in 1968 by the Motion Picture Association, its early days produced some puzzling choices — 2001: A Space Odyssey got a G rating, apparently considered safe for eight-year-olds to watch. Once PG-13 and NC-17 were added to the roster, the G-rating devolved into meaning films specifically made for kids, not just safe for everyone (2,900 words)

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