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You Are What You Read
Dan speed-read over 3,000 books during his life and meticulously recorded every one of them. Now he’s a social media star.
Top Posts
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It’s a Mariah Christmas: Why We Love to Meme During the Holidays
Mariah Carey’s tenacious cameos in memes across the internet speak to a widespread cultural gloom lying just beneath Christmas cheer.…
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The World’s on Fire. Fall Out Boy Fails to Say Anything About it.
In the original 1989 hit “We Didn’t Start the Fire” Billy Joel takes on the role of a passive observer.…
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Language:
Humor, Information Literacy, Communication
“I’m willing to tell you. I’m wanting to tell you. I’m waiting to tell you.”
George Bernard Shaw,
Pygmalion
Wherever there are people there is communication. Whether it’s through speech, gestures, or actions – everyone expresses. Language is a complex performance that can’t help but say more than we mean about ourselves yet remain Inadequate. If we’re willing, wanting, and waiting why is the meaning of our words so hard to pin down?
Place:
Travel
“If you don’t know where you are going any road can take you there.”
Lewis Carroll,
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Travel represents a chance to expand our horizons and challenge ourselves in the unfamiliar. When we are away from home, we are forced to navigate the unknown geography of someone else’s roads, customs, and culture. It’s not about the coordinates of our destination, it’s about being in “another place”. Any place will do.
Travel Logs
Lonely Tokyo
Tokyo… A liminal place full of quiet spaces?
Wabi-Sabi
The half-and-half city.
Paywalled In NYC
Lady Liberty, America’s most meaningful monument, has been put behind walls.
Time:
Art, Music, Movie Reviews
No matter how far you are separated from other people if you have an idea of time why then you are in the same world with them
Dalton Trumbo,
Johnny Got His Gun
Time–the fourth dimension—defines an experience, a lifetime, and a cultural zeitgeist. It’s human to want to suspend these moments so we can turn them over in our hands. Before we forget, we capture these moments with art, film, and music. No matter how far apart we feel, ideologically, culturally, or geographically, art bridges our differences and reminds us that we live in the same world. We can be separated by space and still united.
Music Reviews
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Katy’s Parody: a ‘Woman’s World’ Review
Big drama in the pop music scene. Katy Perry’s got something to say.
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The World’s on Fire. Fall Out Boy Fails to Say Anything About it.
In the original 1989 hit “We Didn’t Start the Fire” Billy Joel takes on the role of a passive observer. Fall Out Boy’s remake makes…
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화사 (HWASA) – ‘I Love My Body’
Can we fail up on women’s issues? If so, I’m here for it.
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Netta’s Bassa Sababa
Netta is incredibly body positive, fashionable, and talented. It makes me think about a great love of mine- FASHION! At the center of women’s fashion…
Movie Reviews
Data:
Politics, social media, synthesis
“In nonsense is strength”
Kurt Vonnegut,
Breakfast of Champions
We can’t see or feel data and it doesn’t really exist in the temporal world. Yet every moment, data describes the world we perceive. It has the power to guide our decisions and bring us wisdom – but first, it’s nonsense.
If we interpret it right, we can turn nonsense into strength.
Politics
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Starstruck for Mamdani – Trump is Smitten
It’s time for another Analyze the Meme on Small Words! Today, we’re going to look at why NYC mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani and President Trump’s meeting…
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Ohio’s Issue 1: Ballot Language
On November 7th Ohio citizens have the chance to make a decision about abortion rights but are we being misled?
Vignettes
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