Vincent Bevins
NY Review of Books
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Bigger than Bolsonaro
After four years in power, a movement created by elite campaigns has built a mass base. → Read More
Surfin’ USA | Vincent Bevins
The origins of the internet lie in American imperialism, as do the rules that still govern it. → Read More
Sure, whataboutism seems bad, but have you considered other bad things?
The best defense against charges of hypocrisy is to simply not be hypocritical in the first place. → Read More
In the next decade, everyone will be canceled for 15 minutes
We must grapple with new tools in a very unequal world. → Read More
How to deal with jet lag
Learn to roll with the inevitable consequences, and the ways we will fail to adjust. You’re getting on a roller coaster, except this one wasn’t planned by anyone. → Read More
I went to the Olympics and all I got was this tentative sense of hope
For two weeks, the Korean peninsula seemed to be unified. → Read More
Meet Howard, the supreme impersonator of North Korea
The true story of a Kim Jong-un impersonator at the Korea-Japan Olympic hockey game. → Read More
What Was the Child? –
By Vincent Bevins | Childhood as we currently understand it emerged with 20th century capitalism, but as the distinction between labor and leisure is breaking down, so too is the concept of childhood → Read More
The female guerrillas denied liberation long after Timor-Leste's war was won
Despite their bravery in the struggle against Indonesia for independence, Timorese women are still far from winning the battle for gender equality → Read More
Productivity is dangerous
You know who else was productive? → Read More
Philippines President Duterte attacks Chelsea Clinton by bringing up her father's philandering
President Rodrigo Duterte returned to his home city of Davao Wednesday and used the occasion to attack Chelsea Clinton for criticizing his comments about rape. → Read More
The correct way to be a cannibal
Eat a rich or powerful person. → Read More
Indonesia executed Nigerian despite case being unresolved, watchdog says
Humphrey Jefferson, who was convicted of drug offences, was seeking clemency when he faced firing squad, ombudsman finds → Read More
Inquiry launched after mystery air crash kills Brazilian environmentalists
Army and police investigate unexplained incident in which scientists tasked with fighting deforestation and illegal mining in the Amazon died → Read More
Rodrigo Duterte’s daughter is an irony-Instagram star
Sara Duterte, the mayor of Davao City, likes to post pictures of memes and guns. → Read More
Christian preachers' disappearance in Malaysia stokes fears of crackdown on religious minorities
Months after they were abducted, human rights activists say police appear to have taken an uncharacteristically ‘casual’ approach to their cases → Read More
Halal tourism: Kuala Lumpur welcomes the Muslim travellers others didn't want
After 9/11 it was difficult for many Muslims to travel to Europe and the US, so Malaysia’s capital stepped in to welcome them – a move that’s paying off → Read More
All Spicy Food Is From Latin America –
If you ever go to Asia (do not do this, it is too big, and trying to comprehend it will only convince you that your mind was never meant to really comprehend anything) and you want to put all the… → Read More
All Spicy Food Is From Latin America
Deep globalization is real.Image: FarrukhIf you ever go to Asia (do not do this, it is too big, and trying to comprehend it will only convince you that your mind was never meant to really comprehend anything) and you ... → Read More
Indonesia: gay men facing 100 lashes for having sex
Case could become the first time Aceh’s Sharia law has been enforced against homosexuality → Read More