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Vincent Bevins

Vincent Bevins is a journalist currently based in Jakarta, Indonesia. He is on Twitter here.

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What Was the Child?

By Vincent BevinsJanuary 17, 2018
Childhood as we currently understand it emerged with 20th century capitalism, but as the distinction between labor and leisure is breaking down, so too is the concept of childhood
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