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How an Italian Photographer Fought the Sicilian Mafia for Decades
When Italian photographer Letizia Battaglia passed away on April 13, 2022, the biggest shock among those of us who have written about her was that she didn’t die at the hands of the Mafia. For nearly five decades, she fearlessly fought the criminal enterprise. Armed with her 35mm camera, she publicized the Sicilian Mafia’s reign…
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How to Tell if You’ve Got Post-Holiday Blues, or if It’s Time for a New Job
If you’ve found yourself feeling a bit flat after returning to work (or outright hating your job) this year, you’re not alone. #BackToWork is trending for Australia on Tik Tok, with plenty of users lamenting the return to the office. A growing body of research also shows this feeling is pretty common. But while there’s…
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Here’s Why You Should Stop Being Scared of Pasta
New year, new you, new diet. It’s a familiar refrain. One popular dieting technique is to create a food blacklist. Quitting “carbs” or packaged foods is common, which can mean avoiding supermarket staples like pasta. But do we really need to ban pasta to improve our diets? This is what we call a reductionist approach…
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How Scented Candles Can Impact the Air Quality in Your Home
There’s nothing wrong with wanting your home to smell nice and fresh – and from candles to diffusers, there’s no shortage of home scent products to help you achieve that. But having rampant fragrances in our indoor air can dramatically impact air quality, coming with a host of potential problems. Indoor air quality is a…