By: Teis Jayaswal The concept of ‘empathy’ is still relatively new to the English language, having been coined only 111 years ago in 1909 by the psychologist Edward Titchener. The term comes from the translation of “Einfühlung” in German, which roughly means ‘feeling into’. Closely related to empathy is sympathy, which in German often translates […]

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For any happy couple in the audience, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind might fail to offer truths relevant to their relationship. Instead, the romantic tragicomedy presents an island of depressed, anxious, and bipolar misfits trapped in an elaborate circular plot, destined to the eternal recurrence of their dysfunctional relationships. The film as such may be painful to watch, though I’d like to argue […]

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