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Fangirls, Stay Away From Tumblr
A plea for fangirls everywhere to scale down their obsessions We all have that stage where we obsessively fangirl over something. For me (and…
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This Little Piggy Stays Home
It happened a few weeks ago while I was in Austin for the South by Southwest film festival. I remember the exact, epiphany-like moment…
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Why HBO’s “Girls” Is Not Racist
On April 22, HBO aired the second episode of the new series “Girls” — the much-vaunted over-billed black comedy about four over-privileged women in…
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Into the Ethnic Haze: The New School for Stereotypes?
When I discovered that The New School was once known as the University in Exile, I longed to earn my undergraduate degree there. My…
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Financially Flawed: The New School’s Troubling Lack of Transparency
There is something very curious about an institution that constantly touts its commitment to democratic citizenship and public engagement, but refuses to share even…
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iDon’t own an iPhone: The Moral Dilemma of Modern Technology
For the past five years, I’ve managed to resist the siren call of the iPhone. Walking the streets of New York City, I lash…
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