Manuel Betancourt
Ideafeed Editor
Manuel is a NYC-based writer interested in all things media and pop culture. He's a regular contributor to The Film Experience and Remezcla. His work has been featured in Mic News, Film Comment, and Model View Culture. He also has a PhD but hates bragging about it. www.mbetancourt.com
Amidst international conversations about climate change, Chinese artists are turning pollution into an artistic endeavor.
The best-selling Christmas toy embodies and encourages acceptance of surveillance as a necessary aspect of modern life.
Kill stress and gain perspective by way of creative expression.
“Life is short; art endures” — As art time capsules proliferate, who is deciding what constitutes art worth saving for later?
The ad has been praised for its inclusivity, but it’s more transgressive than that.
The Star Trek actor has some words on invoking Japanese internment camps in the context of the current Syrian refugee conversation.
The Daily Show host put comedy aside to remind us that Paris truly embodied the values of ‘liberté, égalité, fraternité.’
As outpouring of support for Paris was unmissable, many were questioning the cultural bias behind it.
A new book offers insights into the makers of earworms you can’t escape.
A new French agreement hopes to curb the global waste food by encouraging supermarkets to act generously.