Sick of the same recycled narratives? Welcome to Lightyears— we cut through the noise, to bring you raw, unfiltered stories from every corner of the globe. We're diving headfirst into culture through ideas, essays, perspectives and opinion pieces that challenge your status quo feeds. No fluff, no clichés—just gripping tales that make you think hard and feel deeper. Ready to see the world without the sugarcoating? Jump in, and let's push boundaries together.

Sick of the same recycled narratives? Welcome to Lightyears— we cut through the noise, to bring you raw, unfiltered stories from every corner of the globe. We're diving headfirst into culture through ideas, essays, perspectives and opinion pieces that challenge your status quo feeds. No fluff, no clichés—just gripping tales that make you think hard and feel deeper. Ready to see the world without the sugarcoating? Jump in, and let's push boundaries together.

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Is the Bauhaus Still Relevant? Not According to Germany's Right Wing Party AfD

Rodrigo Garza

Nov 5, 2024

Unpacking the AfD's latest culture war: the far-right party attacks Bauhaus, calling it “un-German” and too globalist. This isn’t just architecture bashing—it's a bid to redefine German identity through nostalgia, rejecting a complex modern heritage in favor of an imagined past. In a world where clean lines and functionality once promised hope, Bauhaus now stands at the center of a divisive debate about what it means to be German.

Culture

The Communist Mariachi

Rodrigo Garza

Dec 19, 2024

How Communist Yugoslavians Went Hard Into Mexican Music.

Curators Are Killing Art

Rowan March

Dec 17, 2024

Museum and Gallery curatora are killing the viewing experience by spoon-feeding meaning to us, let us fucking find it ourselves.

The Spotlight: Bruce Gilden

Ellis C. Vesper

Dec 10, 2024

A Retrospective Bruce Gilden's 50 Years of Capturing Raw Humans.

The Communist Mariachi

Rodrigo Garza

Dec 19, 2024

How Communist Yugoslavians Went Hard Into Mexican Music.

Curators Are Killing Art

Rowan March

Dec 17, 2024

Museum and Gallery curatora are killing the viewing experience by spoon-feeding meaning to us, let us fucking find it ourselves.

The Spotlight: Bruce Gilden

Ellis C. Vesper

Dec 10, 2024

A Retrospective Bruce Gilden's 50 Years of Capturing Raw Humans.

The Communist Mariachi

Rodrigo Garza

Dec 19, 2024

How Communist Yugoslavians Went Hard Into Mexican Music.

Curators Are Killing Art

Rowan March

Dec 17, 2024

Museum and Gallery curatora are killing the viewing experience by spoon-feeding meaning to us, let us fucking find it ourselves.

Commentary

We Used To Know How To Fly

Rodrigo Garza

Dec 5, 2024

Remember when flying felt like Mad Men, not mad max? How Airlines traded martinis for misery.

The Illusion Of Stability: Charting a course through these turbulent times.

Alex Brontë

Dec 2, 2024

History isn't just in the past; it's happening now. Explore how the end of an unusually peaceful era could reshape our lives and the world around us.

Earth seen from space, nuclear explosions everywhere

Just in Case the World Goes Nuclear

Nico Wilder

Nov 20, 2024

Biden’s burning bridges, Putin’s urging to hit the nuke switch, and Trump's our last hope. It's a wrap folks.

Lifestyle

Being Bored

Aurora Landín

Dec 6, 2024

When was the last time you were actually bored? Like, stare-at-the-wall bored?

The Lightyears Guide to Hosting a Dinner Party

Rowan March

Dec 4, 2024

The essential guide to dinner parties. For the actually ambitious.

Pre-Winter Foraging 101: The Lightyears Guide

Harper E. Lane

Nov 27, 2024

Hunt autumn's wild gems—mushrooms, nuts, and greens. Gear up, hit the woods, forage globally, and savor risotto made from nature’s discount shelf.

Lightyears City Guides

person waving hello from land to the passengers on the Anholt ferry

Anholt

Denmark

A Danish island that seems to drift in a time of its own. Imagine walking along pristine beaches with sand that slips between your toes, or wandering through rolling dunes painted with purple heather, the scent of salt and pine in the air. Here, landscapes shift from lush, whispering forests to the unexpected vastness of desert-like plains, where silence reigns and tranquility is found.