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Baby won a Whiting!
On how money can reshape ambition
Dec 10, 2025
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Does anyone belong?
Perhaps alienation is our truest state.
Nov 14, 2025
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Against hope
Why make art under oppression?
Oct 14, 2025
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That friendly feeling
Platonic love, Scandinavia, rethinking time
Sep 3, 2025
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On writing what people don't want you to write about
Can portraying someone truthfully ever make them happy? Does it matter?
Aug 6, 2025
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