The Parties We See On-Screen
I’m stuck at home, watching yet another Netflix drama, the same high school party trope playing out on my screen once again: it’s the night before graduation, and The Nerdiest…
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Julia Tabor
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“Fleabag” and the Beauty in Everyday Pain
Ever since I can remember, I’ve downplayed my pain. As an elementary school student, I’d always tug my skirt over my wound to avoid having to see the nurse whenever…
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“Selling Sexy” Is a Half-Hearted Takedown of OnlyFans
As he sifts through rainbow-colored underwear for his next photoshoot, OnlyFans creator Tyson Dayley explains why he’ll never pose nude. “There is a constant pressure to continue ramping up your…
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Our Lady of Autoeroticism: Catholicism, Capitalism, and Female Masturbation
Catholic News Service (CNS) takes its Movie Reviews section very seriously. Propelled by their mission to evaluate films based on their alignment with Scriptures and prominent religious teachings, the CNS…
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Feng You Jing: My Childhood’s Magical Green Oil
My childhood summers in Beijing were marked without fail by scores of mosquito bites, despite the bug sprays and floral water my mother routinely vaporized me with. Playing for hours…
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The Viral Instagram Page Diving Into the Depths of Wikipedia
My quarantine consisted of a lot of wallowing and a little reading. 21-year-old Annie Rauwerda, a junior at the University of Michigan, was slightly more productive. Annie saw quarantine as…
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The Supreme Court Amidst Next Week’s Election
It seemed all of America was metaphorically holding its breath on the ailing health of Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Her presence on the Supreme Court had become a saving grace in…
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2020 Is My Year of Online Vanity
By November, I will have completed an entire year of my degree online (bar the one glorious day I had on campus in March), rehearsed and produced four separate pieces…
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Virtual School Is Bringing the Carceral State Into Students’ Homes
Last August, a Black seventh-grader in Colorado had the police called to his home for showing a toy gun to his virtual art class. His parents weren’t notified until the…
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White People, Why Is It So Hard to Dump Your Racist Friends?
Following the killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter movement became more powerful than ever. The country reached its boiling point: the streets were…
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