RE:MEMBER_ME

SPOILER ALERT. Among the many popular TV series or movies lie hidden gems waiting to be discovered. One such treasure is DreamWorks’ Penguins of Madagascar, a Mission Impossible-adjacent, goofy spy adventure film. As a spinoff of the Madagascar trilogy, this film is a masterclass in blending humor and heart. While Disney and Marvel may have […]

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Day One.

He’s late again. I’ve started to adapt to this new routine of his. It wasn’t uncommon for many office workers to stay and work overtime into the night. I know that he’s been getting increasingly restless cooped up in a cubicle all day, so I wonder what his motivation is for lingering so long. There […]

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Classics Vs Retellings

Everything comes back in style. Clothing trends tend to resurface decades later, from 2000s cargo pants to 1970s flare jeans. We are constantly rediscovering gems from the past, but slightly altering them to fit our modern tastes. Cargo pants in 2024 are higher-waisted than their 2000s counterparts. Flare jeans in 2024 are less flared than […]

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2025 Music Review

We are almost halfway through 2025, and we’ve already heard quite a bit of new music. Plenty of popular artists have released new singles, albums, and deluxe albums in the last few months, but how good are these songs? Do they measure up to last year’s music? Let’s talk about it. Tate McRae Tate McRae […]

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apathy

I do not feel. This morning, a classmate told a joke. The table burst into laughter. I laughed too—the sound slipped out easily. But inside? Nothing. Just the awareness that laughter was the appropriate response, like the way a vending machine knows what snack to drop when a button is pressed.  No matter how immaculate […]

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The Supreme Court Could Have Rescinded Same-Sex Marriage Rights This Month – What This Reveals about Conservatism in the US

This month, the Supreme Court was given the chance to revisit the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling and allow state legislatures to revoke same-sex couples’ right to marry. On Monday, November 10th, just four days before the Court would have convened to review the case, they declined to hear it.  This opportunity for reexamination began […]

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wildflowers

some pluck roses, thorns hidden in their palms,  to say what words cannot.  others press petals to their collarbones, hoping the smell will linger like a quiet scent, barely there. a whispered promise that fades if you breathe too deeply. even so, the soil decides more than the seed. each species, each variety,  shaped by […]

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