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How Fantasy Fuelled 60s Counterculture
Why The Lord of the Rings was a hit with hippies
May 15, 2025
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Nobody wants a monster girl
Why, even in our own fantasies, do we insist that only the male monsters get to f*ck?
Nov 10, 2025
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15 very specific 2026 predictions
Plagiarism-to-influencer pipeline, corporate zines, hot fashion pirates, writing lifestyle content, and all my other very accurate predictions.
Dec 31, 2025
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Smelling like dessert in the age of skinny culture
You can have the cake. Just don’t eat it.
Dec 23, 2025
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Gift guide specifically for people who think Anne Boleyn was innocent
This one's for the Renaissance girls
Dec 1, 2025
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You Should Date a Soup Guy
My tipsy friends discuss the best type of guy to date, and whether you can predict someone's goodness levels
Oct 23, 2025
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Your Boyfriend's Ex-Girlfriend
My tipsy friends on being obsessed with your partner's ex
Jul 16, 2025
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You Should Date a Soup Guy
My tipsy friends discuss the best type of guy to date, and whether you can predict someone's goodness levels
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Fall Curriculum
The suddenness of autumn arriving in the countryside is like waking up and finding your house has been repainted.
Sep 19, 2025
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Let’s Discuss Tavern Wenches
Princesses had to be virginal and sorceresses evil, so the tavern wench offered a loophole – a way to write very extensively about lawfully good boobs.
Sep 12, 2025
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