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The 4th of July
Yesterday marked one of the worst Independence Days I’ve ever experienced. And that’s coming from someone who hasn’t said the Pledge of Allegiance or stood for the National Anthem in years; it’s not exactly like I have high hopes for this self-congratulatory cesspool of a holiday. I wouldn’t say this is objectively the worst Independence Continue reading
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Fury (2014) amidst Tragedy
On May 24th, 2022, I sat on my couch in front of my TV and was about to begin my usual evening routine of picking a movie. What was different about this evening, though, was that earlier that day a gunman had entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas and massacred 19 children and two Continue reading
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Men (2022)
After missing out on seeing The Northman in theatres, I was in need of an A24 fix so I decided to see Men. I’m familiar with much of Alex Garland’s work, with my favorites being Annihilation and the FX series Devs. As someone who veers toward the primitivist, it takes more than a spoonful of Continue reading
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Sister Outsider (1984)
Yesterday I finished Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde, my first book-length read by the author. Lorde first caught my attention when I read “Uses of the Erotic” in college, and her uniquely poetic prose has stuck with me since. Sister Outsider is incredible in that it is a very approachable text which still manages to Continue reading
