Why Do We Hate Cinderella?
I: Once Upon a Time Magic slippers. A clock that strikes midnight. A pumpkin-carriage and ball with a prince, waiting just for her. A world...
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Re-Reading The Hunger Games: A New Perspective 8 Years Later
Includes spoilers for The Hunger Games trilogy. When I was eleven years old, I read The Hunger Games for the first time and fell absolutely...
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Five Bob Dylan Lyrics That Still Matter Today
I fell in love with Bob Dylan lyrics when I was fifteen amid a growing fascination with the counterculture movement of the 60s. There was a...
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How To Interpret a Piece of Literature When You Don’t Get the Meaning
Learn how to get the meaning out of any text!
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The Psychology Behind Christmas Cheer
Everyone knows what time of year it is the second Halloween is over and trick-or-treaters return home. Costco releases their Christmas-...
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Is the Analysis of Books in the Classroom Overrated?
The majority of English classes are focused on reading books and analyzing them critically, with the goal that students will know how the...
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The Different Worlds of Studio Ghibli
Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata started Studio Ghibli along with producer Toshio Suzuki in 1985. Both then started directing their...
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How to Lucid Dream
Do you think it’s possible to communicate with the outside world from inside of your dreams? The British psychologist Dr. Keith Hearne,...
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4 Youtube Channels for Fashion Lovers
Whether you love learning about the fashion industry or simply enjoy watching Youtube videos, I'd recommend checking these channels out!
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Rom-com Review: A Somewhat In-Depth Analysis of He’s Just Not That Into You
I used to be ashamed of my love for rom-coms. Maybe it was the fact that I knew deep down how stupid some of them were, or maybe it was the...
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The Beauty of Portrait of a Lady on Fire
It’s rare that a film catches me by surprise.
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How She Get That Ass Like That?
Anyone who knows me knows that I love the song “Ass Like That” by Victoria Monet. I constantly play it on my Instagram and whenever I get...
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On Misogynoir: The Hatred of Black Women in Netflix’s "The Circle" and Everyday Society
Misogynoir: "The specific hatred, dislike, distrust, and prejudice directed toward black women."
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Map of the Soul: Shadow --"I wanna be..."
Last April, I wrote an article about BTS’ comeback trailer and first track of their album “Map of the Soul: Persona,” which kicked off...
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Joker: Art and Tragedy
“There’s a point far out there when the rules aren’t weapons anymore; they’re shackles, letting the bad guy get ahead.” Those were the...
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“When I Get Home”: An Art Girl Analysis
Solange’s highly awaited fourth studio album “When I Get Home” is my self proclaimed best album of 2019, even though it's currently only...
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Doki Doki Literature Club Is The Best, Most Terrifying Dating Sim Around
An analysis of the storybuilding techniques used in Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Levi-Strauss and Structuralism
In anthropology, the theory of structuralism focuses on the understanding of a large, overarching system by studying specific elements or “...
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The Greatest Dream Murderer
Why do we forget what we want to be when we grow up? It’s a simple question, but the answer is extremely complicated. Somewhere along the...
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Seasonal Color Analysis
Have you ever wondered what it means when someone is described as being a summer/autumn/winter/spring?
