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Sacred Ceilings, Consumerist Key Chains: The Vatican’s Religious Art and Tourist Culture 

Rory SchoenbergerApril 25, 2025April 20, 2025

Vatican City, the spiritual heart of the Roman Catholic Church, is revered as one of the holiest places on earth. Yet, upon entering its thousand-year-old walls, rampant tourism and consumerism seem to dilute the sense of spirituality the city is designed to evoke.

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Shenzhen Rewind

Linxi Cindy ZengJanuary 18, 2024January 19, 2024

For three years, Shenzhen was my address, but not my home. The miracle city only felt aggressively utilitarian and vacuously cold to me—until I started seeing it through color-suppressant filters. For me, it takes more than one story to understand…

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