Tag: essay
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But Rotten Tomatoes, I love Him (2025)!
A few days after Justin Tipping’s 2025 film Him hit theaters, I announced to my friend that I planned to go see it, foolishly conveying my excitement. Without looking up from her laptop, she responded that she heard it was a total waste of time. She knew a guy who saw it and said it…
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Urinal Etiquette
This is the most famous urinal to ever exist. In 1917 it was submitted to a prestigious art exhibit by Richard Mutt under the title “Fountain.” It is a commercial urinal, bought from a plumbing store, turned on its side and then signed and dated. There’s a lot of differing opinions about “Fountain.” Some think…
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Listen to Fleet Foxes when the leaves are at their peak
As most bands I listen to, my dad was the one who first introduced me to Fleet Foxes—I learned from the best. Like all providential music discoveries in the early 2000s, his sister’s friend included it on a CD mix that she then gifted to him. I grew up listening to that same CD in…