Courtesy of Laurence Xu. Editor's Note: The sense of beauty has intrigued humanity since the dawn of civilization. Various ...

“Cancer,” Susan Sontag observed in Illness as Metaphor, “is a rare and still scandalous subject for poetry; and it seems unimaginable to aestheticize the disease.” Though she wrote this in the late ...

I see power as being more and more polarized, I see cultural options becoming narrower - even though individuals might have more things to consume, more ways to amuse themselves, more ways to ...

Certain types of online displays might even be consciously or unconsciously invoked to overcompensate for a less satisfying relationship, or used as a way to aestheticize your life and show it off ...

And if it’s culturally acceptable to joke about or aestheticize mental illness, it might become an alluring, sexy or desirable condition to have. Do you ever fantasize about being mentally ill ...

"The evolution of Chinese aesthetics reflects an active dialogue between Chinese youth and the contemporary era. Through the lens of neo-Chinese style, these young individuals seek to aestheticize ...

Calling his readers back to a relatively straightforward and practical account of everyday lived experience, he challenges us to reconceive how it is that an educated body consciousness enables us ...

We have done our best not to sentimentalize, glorify or aestheticize the war, but instead have tried simply to tell the stories of those who did the fighting -- and of their families. In so doing ...

Through the lens of neo-Chinese style, these young individuals seek to aestheticize their lives, embracing a living-oriented self-expression." ...