Italian youth suicides triggered by anti-gay discrimination need to end — now.
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Where snacks go to die
Unlike the UK and U.S., Italy has no great fondness for sports'n'TV snacks.
Strange brews
Fellini's hedonistic Rome, Noé's vision of rape and revenge, and the Coen Brothers on botched spying.
The message
Partisan warfare drains democracy, which demands both argument and compromise.
Bending the rules
Italy has a love-hate relationship with rules, creating exasperation and redemption.
Fists in Pockets
Marco Bellochio's tough 1965 debut presaged a wave of social change.
The fair play league
Serie A's financial woes are very real, but fails to take into account the league's resiliance.
Freak flag flying
"Sound" collective Yamantaka // Sonic Titan has blossomed into something larger than itself.
S-V-O
Or, Subject-Verb-Object, without which — mark these words — those that follow won't work.
Making time
Making your own yogurt is as much about willingness as the time it takes.
The Flamethrowers
Rachel Kusher's Italy-obsessed novel doesn't pass the verismilitude test.
How cool is that?
The U.S. eavesdrops because it can — and because digital tech is fashionable.