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A Map to Fiction, Thoughts, and Mischief
May 11, 2025
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Rachael Varca
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A Gentle Rebuttal to "The Right Has Forgotten Feelings"
Apr 4, 2025
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Rachael Varca
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Living Forever, Bryan Johnson, and the lie of Techno-Humanism
Feb 10, 2025
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Rachael Varca
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The Illusory Tether of Parasocial Reality
May 12, 2025
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Rachael Varca
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What the Inklings had that other Writing Groups Lack
Sep 30, 2024
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Rachael Varca
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You're Not as Relatable as You Think
Taylor Swift, Emma Watson, Jennifer Lawrence: The bubble-popping of a reality check
Jan 12
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When Adult Women Act Like it's Middle School
And gang up on another woman for kicks and giggles.
Dec 22, 2025
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When Retold Fairytales Reveal Honest, Hard Truths
Instead of turning convention on its head for silly, gotcha! or pornographic reasons.
Dec 1, 2025
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Rachael Varca
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The Social Media Matrix and it’s Human Batteries
It’s the Attention Economy Stupid
Nov 17, 2025
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Rachael Varca
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Marriage costs, more divorces, and not letting doomerism get the better of you
Or, not everything is an indicator your marriage will crash into a wall. And burn. 🔥 And then explode. 🔥
Nov 3, 2025
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Rachael Varca
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Short Stories
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The Spaniard, Ep. 16
A dark fantasy Western
Jan 7
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Rachael Varca
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The Spaniard, Ep. 15
A dark fantasy Western
Dec 15, 2025
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Rachael Varca
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The Spaniard, Ep. 14
A dark fantasy Western
Nov 24, 2025
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Rachael Varca
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The Spaniard, Ep. 13
A dark fantasy Western
Nov 10, 2025
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Rachael Varca
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The Crow and the Crown
Flash Fiction
Nov 5, 2025
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Rachael Varca
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