#cultural identity


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  • Threatening

    Swedes across the political spectrum have exceedingly thin skin; it’s very easy to hurt our delicate feelings.

  • Securité, Égalité, Fraternité

    The word securité captures two major changes that have transformed France since I lived here some twenty-five years ago.

  • Stockholm Swinging : A Love Affair with My Adopted City

    A city is swinging when the people living in it feel that they’re making it what it is.

  • Canon Good

    Swedes like to say that something is “kanonbra”, or about a formidable person that they are simply “kanon”.

  • Sad Swede, Happy Swede

    Swedish novelists feel bad about life. Meanwhile the rest of the population seem to be doing quite alright.

  • Show Me Your Canon And I’ll Tell You Who You Are

    What we’re left with in a post-canonical world, is lists. Lists reflect their creator’s point of view in ways that make for great conversation starters.