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The Professor

We decided on our story beforehand. We decided that she, in suspenders and a tweed suit, would be The Professor and that I, in that short white dress with the denim all frayed underneath, would be the student she was sleeping with.

Issue Three

The Age of Reboots: Transformation of Original Media

Rayiah Ross's take on how even though society hates reboots you cannot help but chase that nostalgia you felt with the original.

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On Finishing My Third Year of Teaching: a Lyric Essay

Dear Students, I’m writing this poem or letter or essay or whatever this ends up being because you mean a lot to me and I don’t know how else to express this without wasting your class time and/or money.

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Too Well

The music faded away. The screen lights dimmed. The credits started to roll. I hovered my fingers over the touchpad for a split second of indecision and then pressed replay. I was watching a much anticipated short film expanding the breadth of my universe through a song by my favorite artist.

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My Old Lover

I used to have a notebook that held all of my creations. These creations were words that lingered on a white page. Somehow, these words that sat alongside each other built some of the pieces that I absolutely adored. I think of poetry as my first steps into the writing world.

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What Becoming a Lesbian Taught Me about Being Straight

One of the first friends I came out to was a woman a lot like me. We’d both been raised Catholic and were white women of a certain class and liberal sensibility. Balancing mothering and working. Critical of and still participating in the patriarchy.

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In the Middle of Somewhere and Nowhere

I find myself reassessing life each year. My ups and downs, my milestones, and my goals. I tend to think of my life in seasons. Not months or years or even weeks or days.

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Underaged Alcoholism

It’s not easy to realize you’re an alcoholic before you’ve even reached the legal drinking age. But getting clean becomes a whole lot easier when you’re f*cked up enough to cope using humor. I mean, imagine recovering from substance abuse and not even being able to make jokes at your own expense.

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Musical Sensation Bad Bunny Breaks Boundaries

Ariana Contreras reviews how artist Bad Bunny has revived reggaeton music and redefined masculine themes found within the reggaeton genre.

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Racial Justice and Affordability in Higher Education: Lessons from the NYS Excelsior Program

Rebecca Craig does a deep dive into how we can reimagine, repair, and revitalize public education in the United States, specifically focusing on the NYS Excelsior Program - a tuition-free scholarship for SUNY and CUNY that has rolled out with glaring racial inequities.

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Get Lost in The 2020’s Era Taylor Swift (Like A Priceless Wine): A Folklore and Evermore Compilation Review

Shelby Hall reviews Taylor Swift’s most recent work and discusses the power of re-invention.

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Queer and Criminal: The Resurgence of Noir in Queer Media

Anne-Tetchly Charles redefines film noir for the 21st century, arguing Hannibal and Killing Eve need to fall in the canon.

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Reexamining the Tragic Short Life of ABC’s The Muppets

Heather Beattie reexamines our relationship with the children's classic The Muppets.

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Prison Reform is Not Enough. It’s Time to Rescind the Industrial Complex.

Jazzelle Bustos reignites the debate on prison reform with a discussion of Angela Davis's book, “Are Prisons Obsolete?”

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Second Chances in Netflix's New Crime Drama, The One

Lola Lemarquis re-evaluates love and second chances with Netflix’s new crime drama, The One.

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Humans and Animals as Observed in C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Pand Milo reshapes the way we think about C.S. Lewis' classic children's story, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

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All Mixed Up

Viviana Metzgar reimagines what it means to be multi-racial in 2021 and explores her Mexican heritage and culture in this multimedia piece.

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Dates Across States: Reinventing Relationships

Sydney Teter explores the reinvention of dating in quarantine, and considers the positive benefits of spending hours on social media.

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Look What They Made Taylor Swift Do

Hannah Corbett takes us through what to expect as Taylor Swift re-records her first five albums.

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The Stranger: Reconciling with Losing Myself to Depression, and Finding Myself again, and Everything in Between

Meg Masseron reconciles with her old self and The Stranger that took over her life and finds a new path forward.

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Attitudes Towards Deafness: American Sign Language v. Oral School

Melanie Grasso reinforces the importance of acknowledging Deafness as its own culture, utilizing sign language to create community especially for young learners.

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REINVENTING YOURSELF

Chloe Schneider shares an excerpt from her original script reflecting on how parents try on trends of younger generations - often unsuccessfully.

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What Am I Searching for by Watching Reality TV About Ghosts?

Mary Durocher reviews her fascination with ghosts and how it relates to and helps temper the terror of the pandemic.

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The Sopranos, Reemerging

Gwendolyn Attridge re-discovers a highly acclaimed early 2000s mob drama, The Sopranos, and finds that despite throwbacks the show resonates with a Gen Z audience.

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Killing Our Parents and the Greeks: Analyzing the Literary Transition from Greek Epics to Camus’ Absurd Man

Abbie Steuhm asks how we will be able to re-orient ourselves post-pandemic and discusses how Albert Camus' Absurd Man can give us ideas on how to deal with - and write about - tragedy.