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The Ugly Business of Making Something Beautiful
When I look in the mirror I don’t often see a girl -- I see an accumulation of parts pieced together into what most people think of as a...

Sam Lasky
Dec 24, 20203 min read
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Return to Monké
Return to monke. This phrase, roughly "translated", refers to the cultural phenomenon of humanity's return to a simple life. Recently,...

Sam Lasky
Sep 15, 20203 min read
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Learning to be Okay
It’s gonna be okay, and this is how I know. When I was 14, I started high school with no friends. Three months later I had a whole new...

Sam Lasky
Aug 28, 20204 min read
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Every Kind of Love
I have never understood love. I’ve watched it play out on movie screens, in stories crafted at the hands of sappy romance writers (adults...

Sam Lasky
Aug 25, 20203 min read
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The Overlooked Protagonists: Sensitive Young Men
My friend once told me I have an addiction to movies starring awkward teenage boys. I think we can agree that this isn’t something you...

Sam Lasky
Aug 23, 20204 min read
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Poetry Mondays (A Free Virtual Cult)
I’ve been writing poetry since seventh grade English class, when our teacher triumphantly declared we would be having a Poetry unit. I...

Sam Lasky
Aug 21, 20204 min read
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The 21st Century Time Crunch
In college, we are all victims to the time crunch. Whether it’s leaving a show half-finished, stressing over plans going off-schedule, or...

Sam Lasky
Jul 25, 20203 min read
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Non-U.S.-Based Netflix TV Series Review
Netflix is no stranger to producing hit American TV, but have you ever browsed through their foreign show selection? All across the...

Sam Lasky
Apr 15, 20204 min read
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