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Vol. 36 Issue 10, Apr 20 2018
From the Editors
Over already, and we barely got our footing. We had lofty goals—the abolition of alcohol, a cure for brainfog, the end of the conman. A little higher up the views will be better—but of course, views never really change. We made the mistake of thinking that this had anything to do with control, of thinking that every puzzle had a final piece. In the end, writing towards something isn’t the same as getting there. A bit cynical, we suppose, until we are reminded that we work here so that our readers can reach further.
– JKS
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Current Issue
Vol. 36 Issue 10, Apr 20 2018
The New School
Expressionistic recollections of a night in virtual reality
The worst part about virtual reality is how flagrantly interesting it is. You bring it up and everyone within earshot turns …
Social Fabrics
Connecting and crafting online
One long string of yarn, when arranged correctly, can become any number of shapes a person could want to wear on …
Missing the Mark
The reality of the gun control debate in Rhode Island
On April 10, hundreds of people packed the galleries of the RI State House. As the House Judiciary Committee voted to …
Means to a Beginning
The stakes of academic freedom in the context of the Palestine/Israel conflict
On Thursday, March 8, the Brown Middle East Studies department hosted a panel discussion titled “Permission to Speak: Boycott and Politics …
Three Poems
into its own fixless dew-thighed-today i set out to find my missing vowels with me i have only the things you …
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From the Archive
The Human Gaze
Photography, objectivity, and the National Geographic Twins
This April, National Geographic published an issue dedicated entirely to the subject of race. On the cover was a photograph of …
Private Eyes
Cambridge Analytica and the new frontier of internet privacy
This past month, Cambridge Analytica has made its way into our consciousness and, for those of us unfortunate enough to be …
Playing in many forms
Tag, the club, and fake personas
On a recent February day, I checked the weather and saw that it was going to be unseasonably warm. In celebration, …
Week in Unrequited Love
Say No to Marriage According to relationship guru magazine, Cosmopolitan, one in four women will turn down a marriage proposal in …