We like to think we’ve evolved, that the savagery of the past belongs to men in powdered wigs and chainmail. But the truth is simpler, darker: we have only become more efficient at destruction.
Author Archives: Maddalena Di Gregorio
My Specialty? Food for Thought
Some people go to the gym; I drop into conversations, stir things up, and watch people’s minds stretch a little.
Behind The Slate- My Life on Film sets: Part 6
We filmed both interiors and exteriors dressed for 1913, and everywhere you looked there was poverty, soot, and period detail. Women with weary faces and armfuls of children, extras trudging in tattered coats, and lighting so dim it felt like gas lamps.
Scorrendo Tra Fantasmi Digitali
Tra feed sospesi e pagine abbandonate, il digitale custodisce i nostri sogni, le nostre speranze e il bisogno di essere visti, anche quando il tempo passa. Account fantasma e post mai finiti, tracce digitali di chi siamo stati, ricordi sospesi che continuano a parlare del nostro bisogno di connetterci e di lasciare qualcosa di noi.
Our Scrolling Afterlives
Every now and then, while idly scrolling through social media, I stumble across one of my own ghost towns, an old Instagram account, a Facebook page, a blog that once had a heartbeat. We’ve created an enormous collective archive of desire, all our wishes, dreams, heartbreaks, and unfinished thoughts drifting together in an invisible ocean of data
Behind the Slate – My Life on Film Set (Part 5: North Shore Fish)
North Shore Fish” had all the ingredients for a great movie — a gritty frozen fish factory, high school sweethearts rekindling their affair, and a cast stacked with talent. But let’s be honest: the general consensus — and you can find it in reviews online — is that Tony Danza tanked it.
Imagining life unplugged
. Screens off, world on. Without constant connectivity, the moments that matter get room to
The Pocket Portal
These days, I pick up my phone and just look at it — almost as though I expect something to happen, like a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat. The device has become the portal, the gateway. We look to it for salvation, for forgiveness, for love, for solutions — for everything we think we
Il Canone RAI: una Truffa Legalizzata
Il canone RAI, così com’è oggi, è una vergogna nazionale: non è un contributo, non è un servizio pubblico, non è equità. È una gabella medievale aggiornata al XXI secolo. Una tassa imposta con la violenza della burocrazia e la complicità delle istituzioni
Speak Kindly Now — The Future Is Listening
One sentence can ignite a firestorm or build a bridge. In an age of instant reactions, here’s why our words matter more than ever — and how we can use them to connect instead of divide.
Words Have Power 