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Fascism, Eugenics and The Martian Frontier: Must We Burn Edgar Rice Burroughs?
Read more: Fascism, Eugenics and The Martian Frontier: Must We Burn Edgar Rice Burroughs?The streets of Milan were littered with empty bullet shells and concrete rubble. Out of a desolate street came strolling an American soldier. He was chewing gum and carried a comic book in the back pocket of his military uniform. Sitting down next to an Italian boy amid the ruins of a Europe that was…
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Reflecting Through Super-Sonic Jazz Jam ’25: The High’s and the Low’s
by Haeyeon JangRead more: Reflecting Through Super-Sonic Jazz Jam ’25: The High’s and the Low’sWhen I had the opportunity to have a couple of sessions with two pop producers a few months back, a conversation we had made me notice a recurring pattern among producers and musicians without conservatory education. They described the conservatory as over-rated, failing to produce the best of the best musicians, and the students too…
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Your Ghost Orchid
Read more: Your Ghost Orchid“You are what you love, not what loves you.” The people, ideas and things you love are inherently a part of you, a reflection of your identity. The attraction you feel towards them, the qualities you admire in them, can be traced to the way your mind, heart and soul work. To love is to…
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Girls Just Want to Have Freedom
by Emel PeksözRead more: Girls Just Want to Have Freedom“Being born a woman is my awful tragedy. From the moment I was conceived I was doomed to sprout breasts and ovaries rather than penis and scrotum; to have my whole circle of action, thought and feeling rigidly circumscribed by my inescapable femininity. Yes, my consuming desire to mingle with road crews, sailors and soldiers,…
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The Need to be Normal
by Jomma GrootRead more: The Need to be NormalAt nearly 4 years old, like most children in the Netherlands, I had my first trial day of school: an afternoon to acclimatize to my new daily activities. My dad dropped me off in a classroom packed with children older than me. I was introduced to my future classmates and shyly took a seat when…
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