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Memory

Archiving My Life Through Playlists

Feeling and remembering with music

May 22, 2024 • by Robert Noble
In so far as they are imbued with such emotion, playlists quickly become vignettes of pivotal moments. ...

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Taylor Swift: The Modest Proposal

Finitude, in 63 parts

February 28, 2024 • by Rick Moody
And so the working hypothesis of this proposal is: that only art with an awareness of finitude constitutes meaningful composition. ...

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The Barbie Curse

Can a girl’s first icon of can-do power ever be good enough?

August 30, 2023 • by Honor McConnell
Barbie is the most popular doll in the world, and the most hated....

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