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Condé Nast Traveler •

The Island You Keep to Yourself

Condé Nast Traveler editorial staff were not involved with the creation of this content.Tucked along Croatia’s Dalmatian coast, Hvar has quietly become the summer sanctuary of choice for those who don’t need to be seen to belong. Celebrities, old families, designers, editors; the names aren’t posted, but their presence is felt.They come not for attention, but for absence. Not for the scene, but for the privacy behind the pine trees. Not to broadcast a holiday, but to actually have one.In a world...
Antagolist •

Who Ordered a Hit on Harry?

After seeing the masks drop over the past three months—from the government, the establishment, and especially the media—it’s hard not to view everything through a lens of suspicion. Every piece of information now feels like an attempt at propaganda. Our perspective has changed, and every aspect of our lives is seen differently. We’re on high alert. Who can blame us?With everything I read or watch, I immediately question who put it there for me to consume. I analyze every historical event present...
Antagolist •

This Is What You Came For

Taylor Swift has a new boyfriend. Possibly! Maybe? We need this. Lately, the world has been exceptionally exhausting.; a joyous event unfolding before our eyes, even if carefully crafted in some PR office, we’ll take it. Lie to us! But lie well. So far it has been well. Someone on Twitter phrased it beautifully: “It’s awesome, it’s fun and it’s American culture in all its corn-syrup glory. Are you not entertained?”. Yes we are @awi_sinha, yes we are.Some could say we discovered Travis Kelce thro...
Antagolist •

Walking in Other Women's Shoes

Two years ago, an unlikely place held a valuable lesson for me. I’m not sure I deserved it, nor I was proud of how I got it, but it was mine, nonetheless.2021 proved to be exceptionally challenging, perhaps the most trying year I've ever faced, in terms of dealing with people. Post-lockdown year created, bred, and nurtured many beasts moonlighting as humans. These vultures seemed to sense your vulnerabilities and needs, approaching under the guise of empathy and assistance, only to toy with you...
Antagolist •

Stop Disturbing Women You’re Not Ready For

I popped onto Twitter the other day, scrolled through my timeline a bit, and within a few minutes, I ran into three interesting Tweets:Why does it seem like everyone is always on the same page at the same time? I often stumble upon things that precisely correspond with the thoughts I'm currently having. Do I seek it? Or they just find me?Guys are exhausting. Women are too, we all are exhausting at times, but men are a tailor-made, special kind of exhausting. I’ve always been a tomboy and constan...
Antagolist •

The Summer That Freed Me from Teen Dramas

There’s just something about the low-stakes teen dramas that nourishes our soul. Is it a connection to our childhood, a reminder of how the shows we watched influenced our journey in this world? It’s comforting to me, even at this age; I don’t think I will ever outgrow a good TV triangle, and a bit of banter between the lockers. Dawson’s Creek, 90210, One Three Hill, My So-Called Life, I’m powerless to it. It’s my ultimate feel-good indulgence.This summer, a new TV triangle rolled into town. The...
Antagolist •

Barbenheimer: Public Relations Move or Trojan Horse?

I promised myself I wouldn’t write about this. We are choking with Barbie opinion pieces. What is Barbenheimer anyway? Someone invented a name, a term, and we all just went for it? I’m aware it’s just a PR move to get us all back into the theaters, but it worries me how obedient we became. Why are we listening? How are these two movies even related? You can’t tell me there weren’t films worth seeing last year or so. I never really dreamt of Barbies. I was one. The last thing I wanted was another...
Antagolist •

Queen Charlotte: A Triumph of Mental Health Conversation

I was convinced there is no story or a season out of Bridgerton universe that’ll seduce me more than Season 2 and the Viscount/Sharma bonanza, yet it did. ‘Queen Charlotte’ floored me. If you’ve already watched it, proceed; if you still didn’t - this article contains spoilers.According to Deadline Magazine, the Bridgerton-verse is ruling Netflix. Queen Charlotte has amassed 307M hours viewed and is quickly making its way to becoming one of Netflix’s most popular series of all time. It’s expected...
Antagolist •

Boomer-Zero Takes the Crown

In the research for this article, I ran into Caitlin Flanagan of The Atlantic calling King Charles a “Boomer Zero” and I can’t unsee it.BOOMER ZERO!It explains so much, and most importantly - summarizes the Coronation and the new reign under Charles in two neat words.I don’t even have to write my take on the Coronation, I can just write Boomer Zero in the title, leave the whole page blank and you’d get the point.We clearly see a shift after Elizabeth II’s death. People are disheartened. There’s...
Antagolist •

You Don't Need More Friends

Folks, it’s purge season. Society is trying to pressure you into thinking you need more friends. You don't. You need friendship minimalism.This is your reminder to wipe the dust from those boundaries you set up but never actually placed in action. Society tricked you into thinking you need hordes of friends, so you tolerate things from people who use your kindness, empathy, and vulnerability to exploit you and have leverage over you to feel better about their own desolate lives.Every time you fe...
Antagolist •

Benign Success or Magnificent Failure?

I’m a big believer in regularly reminding ourselves of who we are. The pace of life we’re on is hectic and fast, it’s easy to forget who we used to be, what we liked, what got our hearts running. What was our passion? What did we collect as kids? What formed us to be what we are today? And what part did we lose along the way?Today, we need to remind ourselves even harder. The uncertainty the pandemic left us; careers shifted, jobs lost, new ones we never got - the struggle to reinvent ourselves...
Antagolist •

The Irish Oscars

In 2009, I wrote my first blog. It was the night of the Golden Globes when Tina Fey told her internet haters to suck it on a national stage, and the night Colin Farrell picked up the Best Actor for his role in In Bruges.When he got on stage, he was sniffing a tad bit or his nose was running, and he said, also on national television, while picking up the award: “This is from the cold, not that other stuff it used to be.”He came a long way from that night in 2009. Or, he actually made the beautifu...
Antagolist •

An Intro to Retroactive Jealousy

I used to write a lot about why men do what they do. I analyzed them to a point of unconsciousness, thinking if I break them down diligently, I would somehow instigate a shift in dubious behaviors. Men don’t bother me as of late. I understand why they do what they do. It makes sense to me, even their shittiest actions. I understand their logic behind it, even if they do me no well.Women bother me as of late. I feel betrayed by every silly, illogical, insecure, hateful action women do. Men can’t...
Antagolist •

I Come for the Social Commentary, I Stay for the Murders

I didn’t expect to be mesmerized by You on Netflix as much as I am. When a movie or a tv-show is made based on a book, I usually want to read the book first. I want to imagine the visuals of the characters, and places on my own, and not have the optics decided for me. Then, I’d like to see how someone else imagined it by putting it on a big screen.I didn’t read You by Caroline Kepnes first, and I will forever regret it. I watched it first. Then read it. And even in that order, it was an unbeliev...
Antagolist •

‘Pamela, a Love Story’ Is No Curated Experience

My friend Brandon often tells me - “Miranda, society peaked in the ‘90s”. And sometimes he tells me he’s jealous I got to be a teenager and a young adult then and do all the stupidly cool things people did in the ‘90s.If you give me the option to be 20 right now, today, and erase the ‘90s from my memory and all my experiences, I would not take you up on that. Those times were priceless. You can’t have them.When I say the society peaked in the ‘90s, I don’t mean all the misogyny and sexism withou...
Antagolist •

Why ‘Spare’ Is About a Much-Needed Media Reform

I usually write about things that move me immediately after I experience them—strike while the iron is hot, method style. ’Spare’, I wanted to read it at my own pace and observe the surrounding noise before offering my opinion.It’s unchanged.Although it amuses us endlessly, a discourse about Prince Harry and his family is ultimately about a much-needed media reform. Given that his family is in cahoots with tabloids, they are inevitably swept along on Harry’s takedown train.To the superficial eye...
Antagolist •

Misogyny & Flawed Femininity

It took me a while to start watching The White Lotus. Well, two months. Not exactly a punishable offense; one simply doesn’t have time to watch everything, and the sheer volume of content out there is overwhelming. Too much noise. And writing and Netflix don’t exactly make the best pair.But when so many people praise a single show, day in and day out, I eventually gave in. The verdict was in: take a day off and binge.Sometimes, I watch or read something and feel flustered by the sheer amount of...
Antagolist •

San Juan, Ghosting, Wine & World Cup

We made it. Despite everything that happened to you, you are here. You managed. You survived. And you also thrived. Give yourself some credit right now, while reading this; your past year was full of challenges and trespassers trying to get in the way of your peace, and you survived them all with a stable head on your shoulders.They did not damage you.They just taught you.Sit in this realization for a few minutes. Let that marinate.I launched this platform last year with the plan and a promise t...
Antagolist •

Football Is a Metaphor for Life

When I first heard the ’22 World Cup is to be held in Qatar, a non-football country, in the middle of the winter, I was offended. How dare you? World Cup is an event, the occurrence you watch in your tank top and shorts, half drunk in the middle of the day, talking smack with your friends and anonymous enemies online belonging to a country yours is playing against.This was blasphemy, I thought. You robbed us of this, I thought.And yet, this particular World Cup and all its dramaturgy worth of a...
By Miranda Vidak •

Amber Heard: A Crash Course in Toxic Femininity

In all honesty, I didn’t want to add to the Depp vs. Heard conversation. I resisted as much as I could—you could tell by how many times you asked me about it, and yet you’re only reading it now. My thoughts were; what could I possibly add to it? Everyone and their mother, dog, and parrot has already shared their two cents. These days, I stay silent on many things. There are so many opinions about everything that we can’t even get to the truly valuable ones in this oversaturated market of ideas.

The problematic message of Sex/Life

This is a show about female desire - That’s the sentence I wrote at the top of everything - the first story document, the first outline, the first script for Sex/Life. It was an announcement. Because I knew, even then, that telling such a story would be daring, risky, controversial. Mostly because female desire has been seen for centuries - millennia, even - as one of the most dangerous forces in the universe.” - said the Sex/Life creator Stacy Rukeyser for Talkhouse.
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