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Book Review – Normal People by Sally Rooney
Read more: Book Review – Normal People by Sally RooneyThis January, I picked up a copy of the novel Normal People by Sally Rooney whilst visiting my family back home in hopes to get out of my reading slump that was lasting longer than I care to admit. I had heard from several friends who read it that they loved it, and although I…
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Kid Icarus: Uprising, Revival of a Franchise but Revival of a Myth?
Read more: Kid Icarus: Uprising, Revival of a Franchise but Revival of a Myth?Last time I went on a bit of a romantic tangent talking about Kid Icarus 1986 and how it adapts the Greek myth of Perseus, leaving the more obvious comparisons to other Greek myths for this piece. Namely how the protagonist of the series, Pit, looks a lot like Eros, better known by his Latin…
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Burnout’s Long Shadow
Read more: Burnout’s Long ShadowPhoto credit: borchee, iStock. If there is anything that can be called the affliction of our time, it is burnout. We all know burnout in one form or another, either having experienced it ourselves or knowing others who have. When faced with the question ‘how are you?’, ‘tired’ seems to be as acceptable an answer…
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The Problem With BTS’ Loss at the 2022 Grammys
Read more: The Problem With BTS’ Loss at the 2022 GrammysAfter being delayed due to Covid, Music’s Biggest Night was last week, though not as big as the name suggests. The 2022 Grammy Awards followed the trend seen with last year’s ceremony, receiving an average of 8.9M viewers – a pretty low number for an event of this scale. The night however, wasn’t free of…
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Procrastination and Productivity
Read more: Procrastination and Productivity© Rose Wong Everything in my life feels like a chore that I need to check off my list. I like sleeping as much as the next person. It’s generally one of the most prominent practices in a human being’s life; according to some studies the average person spends about a third of their lifetime,…
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