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fromIndieWire
2 days ago

'Lord of the Flies' Review: 'Adolescence' Echoes Through Netflix's Vivid, Eerie Adaptation

Childhood's lost innocence is framed as more nurture than nature in a story about boys trapped on an island.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Yes, they would execute a child': the film about a girl who has to bake a birthday cake for Saddam Hussein

Hasan Hadi's clandestine film-watching and smuggling under Saddam's regime inspired The President's Cake, portraying 1990s Iraq's fear, sanctions, and lost childhood innocence.
Public health
fromIndependent
4 months ago

Louise McSharry: I'm not suggesting we can fix the world overnight, but I am saying we can try a bit harder

Adults are failing to adequately protect the world's children despite shared joyful seasonal activities that reveal children's innocence and vulnerability.
fromwww.esquire.com
4 months ago

Santa's Road Trip Across America

I'm talking to my friend Nick, guy to guy, thirty-three stories above Boston in a swank eating establishment known as the Bay Tower Room. Seated among stiff Brahmin lawyers, Nick wears a spiffy blue blazer and a somewhat psychedelic holiday tie, a beacon of his foppish charm. He's a Renaissance mana pianist, computer genius, primo baseball player, amateur astronomer, lady-killer. And he's eight years old.
Philosophy
Relationships
fromBuzzFeed
8 months ago

27 Celebs Whose Kids Have Literally No Idea They're Famous

Many celebrities keep their fame a secret from their children for various reasons, aiming to protect their innocence.
fromwww.theguardian.com
9 months ago

Life Cycle of a Moth by Rowe Irvin review captivating story of maternal love and male violence

The fence is secured with Keep-Safes fingernails, Daughter's first teeth, the umbilical cord that once joined them to protect them from intruders.
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