Culture Packs a Punch

What to Know Before You Unzip It

9 mins ago • Anna Troberg

Those Lucky Bastards

They haven’t heard the song yet. I have. It’s a problem.

Sep 20 • Anna Troberg

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Reader, I Didn’t

How I skipped school for Jeanette Winterson, stumbled over Italo Calvino and washed up in Jack the Ripper’s changing room.

Sep 13 • Anna Troberg

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Moby-Dick and I Are Seeing Other People

The canon is great, but there’s no shame in a little cultural promiscuity.

Sep 3 • Anna Troberg

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August 2026

Why I Cry With Strangers on the Internet

Culture is clearly up to something behind our backs. And apparently Dolly Parton and ABBA are in cahoots.

Aug 28 • Anna Troberg

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Bad Bunny and All the Wonderful Things We Do Not Know (Yet)

The Super Bowl had, in fact, not booked a newcomer for halftime. How I realised cultural literacy is less about showing off what you know and more about…

Aug 18 • Anna Troberg

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Black Sabbath, Dana Scully and a Nun Walk Into a Bar

Dana Scully can make scientists. Black Sabbath can apparently make nuns. Culture expands the possible. Power has always had a problem with that.

Aug 12 • Anna Troberg

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December 2025

I would break time to save the Porn Park

Breaking time-travel taboos for your pleasure — featuring Ada Lovelace, Genghis Khan, ABBA, and a Swedish park debate that proves that stupidity travels…

Dec 9, 2025 • Anna Troberg

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February 2025

Stubborn optimism is revolutionary

The most revolutionary thing you can do today is to remain optimistic and maintain faith in your fellow human beings. This is how I do it.

Feb 2, 2025 • Anna Troberg

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October 2024

I don't care if you marry your toaster...

...but if you do, Sweden should not be the dreamy wedding destination of your choice.

Oct 31, 2024 • Anna Troberg

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April 2024

Elizabeth Gilbert smashed my window and now my Spotify playlist is a mess

How do you choose which books to read, movies to watch, or music to listen to? Nostalgia and recommendations? Sure. But, have you ever challenged your…

Apr 27, 2024 • Anna Troberg

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AI doesn't care if you're for or against it, neither should you

AI is not only a technical, creative, or educational issue. It's all of those things and many more, so we need to discuss it better. Here's two great…

Apr 14, 2024