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Swift’s Secret Lovers: Intention, Perception, and Artistic Interpretation

I don’t know about you, but I’ve spent a large portion of quarantine renting my headspace to Taylor Swift. With a constant stream of her albums on repeat, I’ve inadvertently…

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10 WLW Films That Aren’t White Period Dramas

There’s been a long withstanding debate on the internet—specifically Twitter—over whether there are enough LGBT films featuring people of color. With the release of the first trailer of Francis Lee’s…

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Life

It’s Deeper Than Daisies: Marxism, Cottagecore, and Aesthetic Resistance

Sunlight streaming through the treetops, fresh bread baking, baby animals frolicking in fields—these are just a few of the images that characterize cottagecore, an emerging internet subculture dedicated to a…

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The (Queer?) Opulence of Harry Styles

When beloved boy band One Direction broke up in 2015, millions of fans all over the world were devastated. For many, the band’s upbeat pop anthems and meticulously styled matching…

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Fletcher’s S(ex) Tapes: How To Break Up Like a Lesbian

Cari Fletcher just leaked her own sex tapes. No, not that kind—but these are almost more intimate. The S(ex) Tapes, a seven-track EP originally set to be released later next…

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The Complicated Legacy of “Paris is Burning”

“If you’re going to do this, you’re going to have to be stronger than you could ever imagine.” These are the opening words of Paris Is Burning, one of the…

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Life

The Politics of Queer Skate Culture

Brimming with teenage angst and rebellion, he does an ollie in a Thrasher hoodie. We watched him on grainy VHS tape montages and heard about him in Avril Lavigne’s “Sk8er…

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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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Cottagecore, Sans Cottage: The Real Ethos Behind a Blooming Subculture

It’s a fine summer evening. The pastures are saturated with lupine and aster, lending their sweetness to the breeze that sweeps in from the open window, ruffling the gauzy curtains.…

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Swift’s Secret Lovers: Intention, Perception, and Artistic Interpretation

10 WLW Films That Aren’t White Period Dramas

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Catholic Guilt Is Complicated

Why Do Leftist Men Still Hate Women?

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A Reading (and Misreading) of the “Twilight” Renaissance

The (Queer?) Opulence of Harry Styles

Fletcher’s S(ex) Tapes: How To Break Up Like a Lesbian

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Catholic Guilt Is Complicated

Why Do Leftist Men Still Hate Women?

High School Friends Are Better

A Reading (and Misreading) of the “Twilight” Renaissance

The Complicated Legacy of “Paris is Burning”

The Politics of Queer Skate Culture

Does She…You Know…Listen to Girl in Red?

Trending posts

Catholic Guilt Is Complicated

Why Do Leftist Men Still Hate Women?

High School Friends Are Better

A Reading (and Misreading) of the “Twilight” Renaissance

Catholic Guilt Is Complicated

Why Do Leftist Men Still Hate Women?

High School Friends Are Better

A Reading (and Misreading) of the “Twilight” Renaissance

We Need to Talk About the “Good for Her” Genre

I’m (Not) Sorry for Ghosting You

A Beginner’s Guide to Trying Edibles

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