Billy Corgan Shiny Pants
Sera wasn’t what you would call a “party person.” Yet here he was, walking in his tight shiny pants, to a party full of obnoxious theater kids.
Student Work: Advanced Writing Course
Squirrel and Tanabe
Just as Tanabe turned a sharp curve, a squirrel ran out of the shrubbery, froze in the middle of the road, and stared straight at him.
A Letter to My Younger Self
The first lesson I want to teach you is that it’s okay to be sensitive. I know mom says that it’s your worst trait, but I think it makes you strong.
B. Horseman
It’s the quality of so much sorrow held at the brink that attracted me to "BoJack Horseman." It’s brilliant, at once both witty and belly-laugh silly, and often capable of being shockingly real.
Girls and Gore
In horror films, why is it so often only the lily-white, shy girls who outrun the big baddie?
Boo! The Surprise of “Fleabag”
The major surprise at the end of the first season of "Fleabag" is not your ordinary plot twist.
Scientology City, Fla.
At a 1949 science-fiction lecture, the prolific pulp writer Lafayette Ronald Hubbard—L. Ron, for short—opined that, “Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man really wants to make a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion.
Royal Soda
On my second day on the island, I was met with the extravagance of peacocks in my cousin Elisabeth’s kitchen.
Transformative Spaces
The beauty of raving comes from the duality of individualism and community, the mysterious overlap of the two.
Ad Astra: When There’s Life on Mars
There was a time when our relationship with our world felt more harmonious. Our parents flourished in those days.
Kissy Dugan’s Gamble with Comedy
Kissy compares living for comedy to living for social media. Thinking too much about how you present your identity can rob you of a true sense of self.
The Birth of Venus
Venus was born of sea-foam. Ella, on the other hand, was born on Dr. Thomas Loeb’s operating table.
Dorothée
Some people say that you can make a house in your mind and place certain memories in each room. For me, it’s geometric. Things are generally organized, but there is some mess. It’s like going to the attic.