#narratives

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fromFlowingData
1 week ago
Humor

Kurt Vonnegut, Shape of Stories illustrated with charts

Kurt Vonnegut's lecture reveals that stories can be visually represented by their emotional arcs, demonstrating how storytelling shapes cultural narratives.
fromBuzzFeed
1 month ago
Alternative transportation

23 Real Life Straight-Out-Of-A-Movie Experiences People Swear Actually Happened

Readers shared unbelievable real-life experiences that felt like movie plots.
fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago
Writing

Why Humans Can't Get Enough of the End of the World

Speculative stories about apocalypses explore human responses to catastrophe and reflect contemporary anxieties rather than accurately predict future outcomes.
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fromThe Atlantic
4 months ago

When a Shooting Spurs a Social-Media Cycle

Social media amplifies the rush to create narratives during crises, filling information vacuums with speculation.
The internet's role in democratizing information has led to an eager yet often misinformed public.
fromKqed
11 months ago
Writing

Alice Wong's 'Disability Intimacy' Is a Deep Dive into Relationships and Community | KQED

Editing anthology post-hospitalization was a critical lifeline for Alice Wong, reflecting on intimacy and combating simplified narratives around disabilities.
fromwww.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Books

The Essential Joan Didion

The real Joan Didion, beyond her iconic image, focused on depicting the human compulsion to construct narratives for survival through skepticism and outsider's perspective.
fromItsnicethat
9 months ago
Graphic design

Luise Schaller's illustrations investigate "the thin veil between reality, fiction and metaphor"

Luise Schaller uses drawing as a tool for reflection, creating emotionally charged visual narratives.
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