2020 has been an exhausting and eventful year for all of us, and as it is we already have trouble focusing on the positives rather than the negatives, so in case anyone needed a reminder (because I know I do), here are some of the best things to come out of 2020
There are many reasons to love sport: it makes you fitter, it is part of socialising and it may motivate you to reach your goal, among other things. Amateurs and professionals alike can enjoy the multitude of benefits sport provides. Nevertheless, there are some aspects of sport that have been neglected in discussion, and thus remain prevalent. Large scandals, such as those involving doping, will reach the headlines; meanwhile, the pain many athletes experience due the nature of sporting environments is infrequently thought of.
Content warning: discussion of physical and emotional abuse (in moderate detail) and mention of sexual assault
Have a flick through this week’s top stories, curated by Isabella Purves
The Road by Cormac McCarthy is a 2006 post-apocalyptic novel. It follows the journey of a father and son who travel along a road in hopes to find a safer place and escape from an area of scarcity and cannibals. McCarthy never says what causes this apocalypse, what causes the world to lead people to be so desperate for survival they have to eat other humans, but many theories on what could have caused it have been presented.
Your Best American Girl by Japanese-American musician Mitski is, according to Pitchfork, one of the best songs of the last decade. An autobiographical, insightful look into self-acceptance and what it means to actually be American, the indie punk rock song stands out in her discography.
