#Essay

Tanul Thakur

Plebeian42

The more I think about Nomadland, and the more I think about the Oscars it won, the more annoyed I get. I'm hard pressed for time otherwise I'd have written

Kelly McHugh-Stewart

kellystewart01

This past month has been infuriating. We’ve watched as two black men, George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery, were murdered right before our eyes. I don’t know what to say other

Tressie McMillan Cottom

tressiemcphd

I recently diatribed on the difference between journalistic storytelling and sociological storytelling and this is case in point. Sociological storytelling finds an interesting story in a representative case rather than

Emma Marris

Emma_Marris

Hello nature-lovers trapped inside, like spring-drunk snakes itching to leave the hibernaculum! Happy Earth Day! Here are some recent pieces/threads on how we CAN and WILL act collectively to make

Charlotte Clymer 🏳️‍🌈

cmclymer

In 1980, a psychiatric nurse at Chicago's Michael Reese Hospital (and mother of two) divorced her husband in the midst of a particularly troubled married life and decided to pursue

James_Lacewing

JamesLacewing

Came across this profound passage of writing on native vs non-native trees & shrubs:‘Our own trees & shrubs literally keep pace with the stars which shine in our northern skies.

Halley

halleyji

Important essay yes. But i think there is way too much focus on Netflix, Bollywood etc. I haven't seen any of those shows/movies cited. I exist. I consume most of

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bookoofvanitas

fun facts of the day:chuuya opened a bottle of petrus wine the day dazai left. petrus wine is consistently ranked as one of the most expensive wines.but he opened a

Isabella Bruno

thenewpopup

Are you wondering about touch in a post pandemic museum context? here's some resources to shift through. please add! https://ondisplayblog.wordpress.com http://omnimuseum.org/feature.html https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/20

Jen Chaney

chaneyj

The Lost finale turns 10 tomorrow, so I wrote an essay about it, featuring comments from Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, who recently rewatched The End for the first time

allie_about_english

about_allie

Hi everyone! I just posted my Day 1 of #blogtober I think it's going to be a challenge but I'm ready to have new content up on http://allieaboutenglish.com every day!

Surajit Kar

__skar5__

In light of a global pandemic, I thought I’d share my experience with this exam season as a postgrad physics student at @ucl. Firstly, UCL did a brilliant job of

Abigail (James) Coruscanti Diner Dillon III

aDillonDev

So even back in high school, when Isaac Asimov was The Science Fiction Author for me, there was an essay of his that felt... off. And it ties into his

Morgan

discomfiting

Hannah Arendt wrote a victim-blaming essay ft. sad attempts to humanize & defend Adolf Eichmann in "Eichmann in Jerusalem".In this part, she defended him with saying he committed no crimes

Newman Nahas

NahasNewman

Great essay by @mlipsitch. But I must disagree with one thing, a big thing. Contrary to the essay’s implication, it is NOT “good sense” that any action— however excessive—is justified

the needle-felted head of joyce carol oates

queenofbithynia

is there a secret st. john's rule says you must never say you went to st. john's, only to 'a great books college', same as Harvard people used to delicately