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you know i’d give my life for you [A&C]
By Emily Tom | February 5The photos are, frankly, grotesque. There’s an uncanny valley quality to them: You can tell that this man, based on the lighting and costuming, is performing. And from how thin and dark his eyes are, he must be Asian. But the skin of his eyelids is stiff and artificial. Even if you didn’t know that ...
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let’s talk about the husband [A&C]
By Sofie Zeruto | December 4Meredith Marks, so drunk her eyes are crossed, glows faintly through the midday Sunday light on my TV screen.
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"holding space” for TikTok's "Wicked" memes [A&C]
By Ann Gray Golpira | December 4Like most off-duty musical theater kids, seeing the Wicked movie over the holiday break was an emotional experience, second only to receiving my Brown acceptance letter. Since then, I've been religiously listening to the soundtrack, horribly imitating the "What Is This Feeling?” choreography across ...
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exploring pleasure and leisure in Ukiyo-e and Impressionism [A&C]
By Ellie Kang | November 20During the 18th and 19th centuries, Japanese art, Impressionism, and other European art styles were heavily linked. Ukiyo-e woodblock prints, created to depict “The Floating World of Edo” (modern-day Tokyo), were mass-produced for the enjoyment of commoners from the 17th century to the early 20th ...
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the rise of the theater kid pop star [A&C]
By Evan Gardner | November 20There’s a new crop of pop stars popping up among Gen Z, and don’t be surprised if they do a kick-ball-change at next year's Grammys.
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from the riches of an Emersonian mind [A&C]
By Zoe Park | November 13disclaimer: mild spoilers for Megalopolis
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i’ll consume you—lovingly? [A&C]
By Ella Xu | November 13For all its faults, I can’t help but love the TikTok algorithm. Each evening, it thoughtfully selects heartwrenching sapphic media and drops them into my eager palms with care and restraint—feeding me just enough that I’m hooked, but not so much that it feels forced. Just enough that I can tell ...
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who is Cindi Mayweather? [A&C]
By Eliot Geer | November 6For two decades, Janelle Monáe has tipped on a tightrope toward mainstream success, yet she has seemingly never been able to fully break out commercially. As a result, very few people are aware of her ongoing multi-album science fiction saga Metropolis, which has been over 20 years in the making. Inspired ...
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bags is every lesbian’s first love [A&C]
By Isa Marquez | November 6Walking out the door with your bags,
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american myth in motion [A&C]
By AJ Wu | October 31His blue-jeaned ass is emblazoned on the cover of 30 million copies of Born in the U.S.A., swaying and teasing. In ’80s concert footage, he’s a sweat-dripping, fist-pumping powerhouse with muscles bursting out of a sleeveless flannel and fuzzy sweatband. He’s earned his title as the hardest working ...
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a night with Osiris and friends [A&C]
By Evan Gardner | October 30It’s an uncommonly warm Friday night in Providence, and fans are slowly filing into AS220, a local nonprofit venue, for a night of rap and companionship with Osiris and Friends.
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on the train home [A&C]
By Eleanor Dushin | October 25Every holiday, I take the same train home. Even though I live in a tiny town, the Amtrak stops 12 minutes away from my house. I know all the stops along the way: New London, Mystic, Westerley, Kingston, Providence. Something is a bit different every time—the snow is fresher, more trees have fallen, ...
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inherited gestures [A&C]
By Isa Marquez | October 25The woman across the street hardly knows your name, yet she lets you pass first along the busy street, before any of the men ahead have the chance. The girl in your third-grade class offers you a slice of her orange despite being explicitly told that she shouldn’t share her food. Your mother runs ...
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Edo’s loneliness paradox [A&C]
By Ellie Kang | October 17Ukiyo-e (“Pictures of the Floating World”), a genre of Japanese art focusing on the portrayal of ukiyo (“The Floating World”), flourished from the 17th through the 19th century.
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“Is It Too Much to Ask” for everyone to love Faye Webster? [A&C]
By Zoe Park | October 16Faye Webster’s latest album stayed true to its title. Underdressed at the Symphony did not quite meet the 2024 standard of new indie albums. However, with her ongoing live performances, Yo-Yo Invitational, and recent singles, Webster is reminding people of her relevance and flair. While her current ...
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SOPHIE forever [A&C]
By Johan Beltre | October 9Lights out. The resonant silence suddenly filled every underground dance floor in the world. Thousands of electronic music lovers held their breaths together with anguish as they slowly gathered to hear the news. Sophie Xeon, also known as SOPHIE, had passed away. On January 20, 2021, a representative ...
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i love every single girl i’ve ever had beef with [A&C]
By Indigo Mudbhary | October 9I first listened to BRAT a few days after it came out this summer, at the recommendation of my roommate. Other things my roommate has put me onto: cottage cheese, staying hydrated, and bell peppers. In fact, I’m borrowing her sundress as I write this. I take her recommendations seriously, so when ...
