When Having Fun Feels Wrong
On January 6th, my weekly video chat with my friends from home was interrupted by an attempted coup. We stayed on the call, alternating between giving college advice to our…
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Jack Loney
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The Catharsis of Hate-Watching as Explained by a Bad-TV Addict
Here’s the thing: I watch TV like I need it to survive, and I talk about TV like it’s my job. For me, it’s less so a way to relax…
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The Weirdness of “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”
“It’s not varnish. That’s not why it smells, you should know that… You don’t have to go. Forward. In time.” There are a lot of moments in Charlie Kaufman’s latest…
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Does She…You Know…Listen to Girl in Red?
One of the first questions I ask when I’m getting to know people is what kind of music they like. Music and identity are, for whatever reason, inextricably linked. The…
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How Critics Created the Film Bro
You know him, you don’t like him very much, and you’ve zoned out while he explained the “genius” of his favorite director to you: the Film Bro. His room is…
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