Each week, we share the top five articles that caught our attention. Here are your must-reads, published here and abroad, for the week of March 11th 2019.
Utopic or dystopic? The “right” to sex in 2039
What will sex look like 20 years from now? Writer Maïa Mazaurette, who prides herself on talking about sex without resorting to the explicit, has written a fictional series that encourages sexual liberation and breaks down taboos.
→ Read it on Usbek & Rica (French)
How TikTok is rewriting the world
Unless you’re under the age of 20, chances are, you’ve never heard of this upstart app. TikTok is the very latest video app that’s created a craze with an algorithm that finds content specifically tailored for you.
→ Read it on The New York Times
How to use even less plastic in your life
You already carry a reusable grocery bag and water bottle. Are you ready to take your fight against plastic to the next level? Happily, here’s a totally achievable, relatively painless and very convenient guide to help you on your way.
→ Read it on Fast Company
Help! My street is too Instagrammable!
Instagrammers, including tourists, influencers and rappers, absolutely love the pastel-coloured homes on Paris’ Rue Crémieux, but residents can’t take it anymore and want to erect gates. How to balance the needs of residents with tourism and social media?
→ Read it on Citylab
Total freedom: the greenhouse-home
Have you ever dreamed of living in a greenhouse? A Belgian architect and his family are doing just that, in an area on the French-Belgian border. This bold investment should be paid off in 12-15 years—entirely possible, since they’re paying no other bills!
→ Read it on We Demain
In your earbuds: Pardon my french?
An English podcast produced by French hosts, exploring every day topics with compelling guests. Often cathartic, always funny, you’re in for 45 minutes of good times.
→ Listen to it on Pardon My French?
Instagram fave
Treat yourself and go visit this Instagram profile—you won’t be disappointed! In 2015, Celeste Barber launched #CelesteChallengeAccepted, in which she confronts the unrealistic standards set by advertising and media with tongue firmly in cheek.
Photo: Charles Deluvio
