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Voices of Rebirth: A Reading List on Being Indigenous in America

by Autumn Fourkiller August 23, 2022October 20, 2022

Our lives are so much more than you could possibly imagine.

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The Surprisingly Messy Culture Wars Within The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 31, 2022October 19, 2022

“While the crossword remains a word game mainstay, what’s appropriate has changed with the times.”

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Prince & Place

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands December 15, 2021October 19, 2022

“Prince’s sound is a musical hybrid, in which the history of Minneapolis, its people, and the social forces organizing life there are brought together.”

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The Movable Feast

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands October 7, 2021October 19, 2022

“Food media, archival repair, and what we expect from recipes.”

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How Twitter Can Ruin a Life

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands June 30, 2021October 19, 2022

Isabel Fall’s story has been held up as an example of “cancel culture run amok.”

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A Cultural History of Racial Fraud

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 22, 2021October 19, 2022

What does it mean to perform race for a white audience?

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Screen Memories

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 20, 2021October 19, 2022

“Screenshots are also proof of memory — proof that I was there, online at a moment in time.”

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How Nothingness Became Everything We Wanted

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 19, 2021October 19, 2022

“The culture of negation inspires a taste for nothingness and glorifies numbness.”

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My Mommies and Me

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands December 18, 2020October 19, 2022

Alexandra Tanner’s essay is a hilarious and dark look into the lives of Mormon mommy bloggers on Instagram.

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Quarantine Brain

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands December 7, 2020October 19, 2022

“Nothing made sense this year — unless you were on the internet.”

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