Tag: Ugly

The air in the dimly lit living room was filled with the warmth of laughter. The sound of my daddy’s hearty chuckles mingled with the sweet, innocent giggles of my younger siblings. They huddled around him like fireflies drawn to a warm summer night, their eyes wide with wonder as he spun tale...

The air in the dimly lit living room was filled with the warmth of laughter. The sound of my daddy’s hearty chuckles mingled with the sweet, innocent giggles of my younger siblings. They huddled around him like fireflies drawn to a warm summer night, their eyes wide with wonder as he spun tale...

And here we should applaud the poet Craig Raine for introducing the term “homeopathic” to describe work whose artistic content is so dilute that it cannot have any more aesthetic effect than a placebo. In the book “Keeping an Eye Open,” Julian Barnes notes that we can ...

When you think about personal actions to tackle the climate crises, several obvious points probably come to mind: fly less, drive less, take public transport, change your diet, use renewable energy, turn down the heating, etc. But what about buying fewer clothes? Over the last several decades alo...

When I was in high school, I had struggled with cystic acne. I was so obsessed with it, I even had an acne journal where I would record the new acnes showed up that day and the ones that healed. For example, if you would like to know how my face looked back in 2008 –who wouldn’t?–,...

Even before the invention of glass-blowing in the 14th century, when the first undistorted mirrors became available, humans had an almost instinctual desire to see themselves. But although our early ancestors only had distorted reflections at their disposal— the earliest manm...

Giving a shit about people you instinctively look down on is really hard to do! Contempt is my default emotion when I encounter downtrodden men—the unemployed lads, the bros, the thuggish cluster of dudes in track pants, smoking, jeering, nowhere to go, their chests puffed out as the...

The vultures is nobody’s beauty queen, that’s for sure. It is a flinch-worthy, dead-eyed, ugly bird of nightmares. But we truly need them because vultures play a pivotal role in the health of ecosystems around the world. Without the not-so-beautiful vulture, life would become a real n...

We often associate alcohol with fun, freedom and festivities. But we forget that it has a devastating effect on our appearances. While you may temporarily feel better while drinking, the long-term effects are worse than hangovers or loss of clarity. The harmful impact of alcohol goes deep into...

First, a brief overview of the basic facts and current situation of Merihaka. It’s a residential area near the center of Helsinki, surrounded by the sea to the west and south. Merihaka was built between 1973 and 1986, and it’s one of two areas in Finland built according to the compact ci...