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Why we are all so fucked up; a non-exhaustive list

  • Janina Matthewson

Janina Matthewson

15 Nov 2024 • 3 min read
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Hypnosis, Sascha Schneider, 1904

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An ode to the partial musical

I feel like it's been a while but remember when every tv show had to have a musical episode? Was Riverdale the last one? Who knows, who knows, but for a quite a lot of years they were apparently essential, despite the fact that the only one that
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Horror vs. Romance and the lessons Hollywood takes from success

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Not my union, not my monkeys, BUT

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