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Античка менструација
Во САД, тетка Фло доаѓа на посета, во Унгарија се вика месечна „промена на масло“, а во Јужна Африка твојата „баба е заглавена во сообраќај“. Премногу еуфемизми само за да се избегне да се изусти тој страотен збор: менструација. Но табуто околу менструацијата е мошне неодамнешен тренд во човековата историја. На пример, во aнтичка Индија…
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Ancient menstruation
In the US, Aunt Flo comes to visit, in Hungary, it’s called the monthly “oil change”, and in South Africa, your “granny is stuck in traffic”. So many euphemisms, just to avoid having to utter the dreaded word: menstruation. However, the taboo surrounding menstruation is a quite recent trend in human history. In ancient India,…
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VOICES December 2025
While traveling to a new place and starting a new life, a new job, building new relations, you will always be accompanied by one constant: things are going to change. Since my arrival in Macedonia, this is what I struggle with the most. I keep telling myself I want to discover as much as possible…
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Tastiera e djegur
Tik… tak… tuk… Pikon e bën zhurmë Buçet më fortë se ç’ndjej unë Më trazon mendimet Ky tik tak i çrregullt Përplasje aritmike Mbi tastierën time Gishtat çmendurak Kërkojnë ta zbërthejnë Mesazhin e tiktakut Që zhurmon i palexueshëm Teksa çasti ndal Dhe mendja hesht Hedh sytë nga dora Pushuar mbi tastierë Diçka i ndaloi gërmat…
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The burnt keyboard
Tick… tack… tuck… It drips, it gets noisy Echoing louder Than my feelings It stirs up my thoughts, This erratic tick-tack, Arrhythmic clashes Upon my keyboard The frantic fingers Try to unravel The tick-tack’s message That rattles illegibly As the moment freezes And the mind goes blank, I glance down at my hand Resting on…
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Wikiwar
Recently, I was reading through Miss Guadeloupe’s article on Wikipedia to check about the next beauty pageant, and I noticed some elements were wrong. 5 minutes later, somebody changed it. Then, the previous editor changed the content again. That made me go to check if the content is the same on Wikipedia, but in English…
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As the trees are
Todaylet me be a tree, surrounded by tall green grass. I might be a strong oak, cornering the fieldwhere we used to run toward the tangerine hills. I might be an old pine, crooked above the waist,and firm still below the ground. I might be a patient willow, resting by the lake,listening to the echoes…
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At the heart of Mort Garson’s imagination
Mort Garson, a genius composer with innovative creativity, is one of the founders of experimental electronic music. Far from the spotlight during his time, he is now considered one of the founders of electronic music as we know it today. Between odes to nature, songs for green plants and experimental compositions, this Canadian musician never…
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Tiny, tiny world
When growing up, my world was big My village with one thousand inhabitants was my world Once a month we went to the next townIt was hugeMy world was huge New school, new worlds openedPeople from other continents But actually imagining these, seemed impossibleMy world became smaller, but my imagination could not create a larger…
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When Touching Grass is Necessary
In this article we’ll explore the problem with parasocial relationships. The Cambridge Dictionary defines parasocial as “involving or relating to a connection that someone feels between themselves and a famous person they do not know, a character in a book, film, TV series, etc., or an artificial intelligence”. Some of you may feel weirded out…
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Mercy Mercy Me – 50 Years of Asking What’s Going On
This 1971 record by Marvin Gaye has been adored by many, including my father, who raised me with these tracks playing in the background. He always said this was the greatest album ever made, and honestly, I couldn’t disagree. When I finally bought the vinyl myself in Ljubljana, in the cold winter of 2025, I…
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