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"so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past" - f. scott fitzgerald. basically, i'm trying to write more.

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  1. Issue · Aug 6, 2026

    free me from the clutches of marvel studios (opens the original)

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    the last time i saw a marvel movie in theaters, i was on a particularly disappointing valentine’s day date. i didn’t know that i didn’t want to be on a date with the guy. i was just very aware when he started chewing gum in the middle of captain america: brave new world. having a fear response to that action should have been a clue. i was disappointed with captain america, then felt vaguely violated after our first kiss, so much so that i ended things the following monday. i used to love marvel.

  2. Issue · Aug 5, 2026

    pouring one out for star wars: attack of the clones (opens the original)

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    low and behold, it is a tuesday evening. i just finished watching obsession and wasn’t particularly wowed (probably a better theater experience). it’s time for me to summarize articles for my lab, but i want something on in the background. so what do i pick? star wars: attack of the clones, of course.i have heard tireless opinions from gen xers and millennials about star wars, but i’ve yet to see a member of gen z write about the franchise. i saw a new hope when i was seven years old. i didn&#

  3. Issue · Jul 31, 2026

    museum life (opens the original)

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    it’s obvious that study abroad changes you. i moved to a new country for five months. i met my boyfriend. i had to learn how to make friends again. i was living in an extremely walkable, public-transportation forward city. london is the third largest city in europe, meaning that i never felt like i was without something to do on the weekends. i would take the train forty-five minutes to waterloo central, then take an underground line to wherever i wanted to go. on my second saturday in the city,

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