Does participating in optimization culture inhibit our ability to experience life?
To optimize something is to make it as efficient, rewarding and functional as possible. It is a term usually used…
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“What a folly love is!”: Les Grands Ballets’ La Dame aux Camélias
Going to see Les Grands Ballets’ iteration of La Dame aux Camélias, I had already been acquainted with the original…
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The Worst Valentine’s Day Ever
When I was 14, I read Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights for the first time, and my life changed forever. Aside…
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Is This Article Goyslop?
A quick search for “goyslop” on Tiktok or Twitter will lead you to a sparkling array of casually antisemitic posts….
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What’s So Funny About War?
Lebanon, my home, is a small country of winding roads, towering cedar trees and olive orchards that has witnessed generations…
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“I’ve been married to one determinist and one mind-body dualist”– a feminist interpretation of the question of free will
Actor and director Lee Grant is well known for her quote, “I’ve been married to one Marxist and one Fascist,…
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The Colonial Legacy of Cabot Square
Discrepancies in rights to housing, healthcare and education are not new injustices for Indigenous Peoples; they are the legacies of…
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All Men?
There is no question, we’ve all heard it. Many of us have said it. In response to a sexist microaggression,…
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Please Don’t Ask Me About Myself
“So, tell me about yourself.” The dreaded question; the one I am asked at every job interview, first date, class…
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Change – An Ironic Constant
Change – we all know her, although most of us don’t love her. Throughout our lives, we experience different types…
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