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Write, not Right
“A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity.” –Franz Kafka Graduating with a BA in philosophy and a passion for ideas, I knew that my monetary prospects were slim –the jobs available to...
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Self Mastery Through Creation – Making the Übermensch
Portrait of Friedrich Nietzsche by Edvard Munch “You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star..” –Friedrich Nietzsche Henry Miller’s quasi-biography Tropic of Cancer illustrates a...
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A Grammar Tip
Today’s bag lady grammar tip is on using adverbs properly. Adverbs modify verbs, which means that they describe a verb. They are very similar to adjectives –most times you can just add an “ly” to the...
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“Hipster”? How About “Broke”
In the last few weeks, the city of Dallas was dubbed one of the “least hipster” cities in America. Illustration from the Atlantic When I read that this was a newsworthy achievement –and, apparently, a...
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The Philosophy of Personal Style
This week’s IFB Project queries about the nearly ineffable nature of personal style. Today’s look? Lumber-lady gone dancing I find it perfect that Chictopia’s blogger purplewang asked a similar –yet...
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Argo: A Look at the Facts
It’s time to talk about what Argo left out.So we’ve all seen Argo by now, yes? Well if you haven’t, it’s worth watching –if only so you can enter the debate about it. Winning all the generic American...
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May Day! No Work!
Wait, if I’m a writer, does that mean I’m not supposed to blog? A real conundrum. WWBFD? While America’s United States refuse to honor Labor Day on May 1st, May Day is still regarded across the rest of...
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The Sociopathy of Spring Breakers
Spring break is behind us; but ruminating ever since is the lust for a drug-addled summer, c/o Harmony Korine. Written by Natalie Wallace, edited by Danielle Gaito Natalie Wallace and I watch movies...
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How to Avoid Becoming Crazy Amy/Samy
This couple is proof that crazy isn’t always accompanied by sexy cool. Huffington Post called it “the customer service disaster heard around the Internet” –the social media meltdown that encased the...
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Words Matter: How Language Shapes the World
A world created by the poets: this is a world rarely imagined in the history of ideas. Cast off your preconceived notions!Art by Max Broden Since Plato’s Timaeus, the world has been described as...
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In Which I Review Fleetwood Mac’s “Tusk” Track by Track for Some Reason
There’s something thrillingly strange about this album –mark my words. My syncretically smart and achingly astute cohort Jack Lindgren waxes analytic á la American Psycho’s Patrick Batemen, delivering...
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The Bling Ring: Robbery in the Internet Era
Welcome to the intoxicating intersection of greed and glamour. Written by Natalie Wallace, edited by Danielle Gaito “I wanna rob…” This simple phrase, whined in an implicit plea by Emma Watson in Sofia...
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A Maladapted Materialism – Bling Breakers
What do you get when you cross The Bling Ring with Spring Breakers? How about an amalgam of entitled greed and psychopathic theft? I want you to think of your generation. Who are you friends with? What...
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A Grammar Tip
Today’s bag lady grammar tip is on using adverbs properly. Adverbs modify verbs, which means that they describe a verb. They are very similar to adjectives –most times you can just add an “ly” to the...
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The Philosophy of Personal Style
This week’s IFB Project queries about the nearly ineffable nature of personal style. Today’s look? Lumber-lady gone dancing I find it perfect that Chictopia’s blogger purplewang asked a similar –yet...
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How to Avoid Becoming Crazy Amy/Samy
This couple is proof that crazy isn’t always accompanied by sexy cool. Huffington Post called it “the customer service disaster heard around the Internet” –the social media meltdown that encased the...
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The Bling Ring: Robbery in the Internet Era
Welcome to the intoxicating intersection of greed and glamour. Written by Natalie Wallace, edited by Danielle Gaito “I wanna rob…” This simple phrase, whined in an implicit plea by Emma Watson in Sofia...
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A Maladapted Materialism – Bling Breakers
What do you get when you cross The Bling Ring with Spring Breakers? How about an amalgam of entitled greed and psychopathic theft? I want you to think of your generation. Who are you friends with? What...
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