Photograph of Hon Lai Chu by Jeffy Lau In Hon Lai Chu’s newly translated novel Mending Our bodies (Two Strains, 2025), intimacy turns into a matter of state coverage. The Conjoinment Act, a fictional authorities mandate that requires or encourages {couples} to bear surgical fusion, is not only a grotesque medical process—it’s a literalized metaphor for the […]

Photograph by asilzade58 / moviestillsdb.com We’re all nonetheless reeling from the second season’s finale of Severance, however there’s extra to unpack than that mic-drop last scene. Viewers’ reactions to an earlier episode, one which facilities on Concord Cobel—an older girl whose mental acumen and private devotion have been wholly given over to Lumon Industries—was lukewarm to […]