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Category Archive: Columns

I AM NOT HERE FOR YOU

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The following contains language and photos that may be deemed NSFW. When I was in seventh grade I […]

popgoesalicia December 13, 2017 Columns

Media Scrutiny in the Age of Trump, Weinstein, and Systemic Sexual Assault

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In light of the unearthing of the rampant and systemic sexual abuse in Hollywood coupled with the unnerving […]

Abigail Sheaffer November 7, 2017 Columns, Donate, News

The Ghost with the Most, Babe: A Love for ‘Beetlejuice’

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When considering what horror films make up my top list, it’s difficult to sift through every factor because […]

Ashley Nickell October 31, 2017 Columns, Current Issue, Feature Issues, Halloween IV

The Face of Laura Palmer by Nikolas Kalar

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“It might be the scariest thing I’ve ever seen,” I told my friends across the lunch table in […]

Chicago Literati July 25, 2017 Columns, Current Issue, Essays, Feature Issues, It Is Happening Again: A Special Series Dedicated to Twin Peaks

Being Black and Ace by Jean Hodges

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When I was fourteen, my father and I had “The Talk” over the phone. I was living with […]

Chicago Literati April 3, 2017 Columns, Essays, The Daily Flash

2o16 Was Not The Worst Year Ever

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2016 was not the worst year ever. Yes, we lost a lot of great people (Gene Wilder, David […]

Abigail Sheaffer December 19, 2016 Columns

Nowadays There Is No Such Thing As A Routine H&P by Gerard Sarnat

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 Histories and physicals used to be excuses to schmooze collegially with buddies who also happened to be doctors. […]

Chicago Literati December 1, 2016 Columns, The Daily Flash

Donald Trump: Reason for Fear, Reason for Hope by Jade Alektra

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I woke up the night after the election groaning. I tried to fall asleep before the horror set […]

Jade Alektra November 16, 2016 Columns

The Five Stages of Reading a Lauren Groff Novel

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So, you bought your first Lauren Groff novel… Be prepared for one of the most gratifying reading experiences of […]

Abigail Sheaffer December 14, 2015 Columns, Uncategorized

It’s Time To Laugh–A Response to the Attacks in Paris by Joshua Lukasik

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It is time to laugh. I am not bluffing. I am neither cold nor heartless. After the terrorists […]

Joshua Lukasik November 16, 2015 Columns

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