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Won’t You Stream Every Movie on the Criterion Channel with Me
If older brains measure time in memories let’s relive every moment, sitting in the dark, sharing a box of nonpareils at the arthouse theater, back when stream was still a fluid thing we rock-hopped over.
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What the Body Keeps: On Frida Kahlo and the Grammar of Pain
English gives us a thin vocabulary for chronic conditions. We say flare-up, we say bad day, we say I’m fine in the elevator when someone asks, because the real answer takes longer than an elevator ride. Kahlo painted in a…
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18 of the Best Book Covers of September 2026
Plus Claire Sullivan on designing the cover of Deena Helm’s debut novel Our Cut of Salt
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Embroidered Art: Diana Weymar on Dorothy Roberts
However, it is frequently associated with legal scholar Dorothy Roberts because she prominently features, analyzes, and quotes Sanger’s words in her groundbreaking 1997 book, Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty. Due to this, the quote…
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Costumes & Purpose: On Jess Shannon’s “Cleaner”
While themes of queerness, obsession, and being an artist living in a capitalistic society simmer throughout the story, Cleaner gives the reader a front-row seat to a one-woman show…
