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some year end(-ish) stats
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taylor and sexlessness, part two
pray there won't be a part three
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the holiday myth that won’t go away
(discussions of suicide herein, skip if that’s a problem for you)
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everybody in this whole place is crazy
The 10th Kingdom (NBC, 2000)
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black friday used to mean something
old man yells at cloud
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i support a ceasefire
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it's okay to stand by your guilty friend
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we never needed online
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I'm actually at capacity right now
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everybody in this whole place is crazy
The 10th Kingdom (NBC, 2000)
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yards and yards of satin from the most expensive shops
Fashioned by Sargent (Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 2023)
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capsule reviews
Esther Yi, David Fincher, Ava Gardner
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so you’re sober for the holidays
service journalism strikes again
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this is not a gift guide
it’s a gift… philosophy
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halloween movies for wusses
i think they call this service journalism
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I don’t care about me anymore.
Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
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get in loser, we’re taking in some culture
Manet/Degas (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2023)
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i got taylor swift’s lipstick
your substack dollars at work
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