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You Have Great Music Taste!
Read more: You Have Great Music Taste!As far as I’m concerned, it is not uncommon to share some likings and interests with other people, especially if they’re your friends. Frequently, that can even be the reason why they are your friends. Some hobbies in common, some genre of books or films that you both enjoy and can talk about. In other…
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Choosing Not to: Intimations of Flexibility’s Dark Underbelly
by Emilia RiethRead more: Choosing Not to: Intimations of Flexibility’s Dark UnderbellyWe are often taught that freedom means to have the ability to choose. Our everyday lives are fraught with choices to the point where it sometimes seems as if choosing is all we do all day long. Think about the simple act of ordering a coffee: do you want it hot or iced? With cow’s…
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Avoiding the Banality of Life: Binge-watching and Escapism
Read more: Avoiding the Banality of Life: Binge-watching and EscapismRecently, I had an internal consultation — meaning, I had an existential evaluation of life and how I want to live it. The problem that set this internal debate in motion was the activity of binge-watching. I’ve realized that binge-watching becomes a lifestyle at a certain point. A life led by a constant search for…
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Essay on Vacation Photography, or, How to Love the World as Much as it Deserves
Read more: Essay on Vacation Photography, or, How to Love the World as Much as it DeservesFrom a young age I have been perplexed by a specific brand of tourism. A particular type of sightseer in museums. They walk up to some priceless, timeless, boundless masterpiece. They photograph it, photograph the little plaque next to it and move on; seeing only through the screen of their digital camera the paint’s little…
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How Ardently I Admire And Love Jane Austen: And Why You Should Too
Read more: How Ardently I Admire And Love Jane Austen: And Why You Should TooThe Initiation I was twelve when I got infected with Jane Austen and I have not been able to get any better since. It was a very fine evening when my parents and I watched Pride and Prejudice (2005) in our little estate situated in Subcarpathia. Soon after that I read the book and it…
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