by Grace Lee art by Havi Rojer I first heard Britney Spears’ 2008 hit “Circus” in Miss Beierle’s fifth-grade classroom. Apparently, it was the song that her younger sister had chosen to play while she walked across the stage at … Continue reading Rhetorical Analysis of “Circus”
by Stephanie Tom art by Havi Rojer Despite first taking AP Psychology in high school just about five years ago now, I will never forget the ‘Four Fs’ of evolutionary psychology. The theory goes that the ‘Four Fs’ are the … Continue reading Buttons For Eyes: A (Psycho)Analysis of How Coraline Haunted a Generation
by Leigh Miller and Emma Eisler Emma: “Tim McGraw” “Tim McGraw” always makes me smile. My first real relationship lasted longer than a summer, but it had the same feeling of being separate from the rest of my life that … Continue reading Notes on Growing Up with Taylor
by Evelyn Kennedy Jaffe Continue reading “The Circle Game”
by Sophie Torres The Freak Show is just a large, red and white striped tent in the middle of… well, nowhere really. It’s discreet. No posters will appear in your city announcing its presence. In fact, you get the sense … Continue reading Freak Show
by Grace Lee Peter Hernandez was born on Oct. 8, 1985 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Part of a musical family, Hernandez started performing with his parents and relatives when he was as young as three years old. At 17, Hernandez went … Continue reading A Bruno By Any Other Name
by Alex Drake There was a gorgeous princess who—by some means, or feats, or whatever, don’t ask me—was long, long sought after by all the men around. So some guy—a prince, probably, but you could say a shepherd, that’s how … Continue reading Fairytales and Transformations
by Gabi Commisso Artist statement This candle holder consists of individualized eyes swirling up the length of the candle. While everyone has masks on, often the only thing visible are their eyes. As someone who has difficulty recognizing faces in … Continue reading
by Stephanie Tom Like most people who procrastinate, I enjoy taking Buzzfeed quizzes. I enjoy the brief moment of imagining other scenarios that I exist in—besides the one where I have yet to do my problem set for statistics. It’s … Continue reading Live Like Legends: The Allure of the Superhero
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