Letters to Strangers: Verbage
In which the author contemplates the fragility of writing…
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How Faerietales Stole Female Sexuality
Where the author, Articles Editor Ghausia Rashid Salam, negotiates sexual power plays in the arts.
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Losing My Fandom
In this essay from our Winter 2014 issue, Deputy Articles Editor Mahnoor Yawar writes on female geeks and their fight to stay visible in an increasingly misogynistic arena.
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Love, Liberty and Exploration: The New Century of Romance
Senior Articles Editor Aaron Grierson wonders when the idea of the “high school sweetheart†morphed into the “chatroom sweetheart†or the “Facebook sweetheartâ€, or more generally just “the sweetheart I’ve only ever Skype’d withâ€.
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The Disparity in Meaning
Senior Articles Editor Aaron Grierson muses on the significance of events as experienced in the absence of any requisite context or relevance.
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How Cinderella Defeated Feminism
Junior Articles Editor Ghausia Rashid Salam takes to task the writers of mediocre romance, and subsequent fanfiction, and questions how much of an influence Disney-fied fairietales have on them.
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Sentence Overruled
Returning contributor Madhurima Duttagupta waxes poetic over the complex, meandering sentences that make up the landscape of her favorite writing.
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Credentials of a Critic
New contributor Madhurima Duttagupta muses on the significance and relevance of the modern literary critic.
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In The “Things Just Disappear†Category
G. David Schwartz writes a letter to lost friends, dearly departed or otherwise.
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Music as Social Change
Music Editor Joseph Moore makes his debut with a striking piece on artists who set out to make a statement, and are ignored in favor of those who sell out.
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