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  • The Euro-American Roots of Pumpkin Spice

    The Euro-American Roots of Pumpkin Spice10

    Pumpkin spice and everything nice, that’s what basic white girls are made of! She’s wearing plaid, cute boots, and walking through autumn leaves to a pumpkin patch or apple orchard. And most importantly, come mid-October, she’s unabashedly carrying the unmistakable takeout coffee cup filled with pumpkin spice latte. She is also hailed as laughable, ditzy,

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  • Gregory Alan Isakov: A Master of Modern Folk Music

    Gregory Alan Isakov: A Master of Modern Folk Music1

    Maybe it’s the fact that Gregory Alan Isakov also works as a farmer, supplying some hundred CSAs and a few restaurants in Boulder, that makes his music so earthy, raw, and real. Isakov’s lyrics and sound–like his plants–are deeply rooted in the landscape, specifically the Western U.S. South-African born but residing in the U.S. since

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  • What is Modern Malaise? Exploring Binx’s Search in ‘The Moviegoer’

    What is Modern Malaise? Exploring Binx’s Search in ‘The Moviegoer’1

    In Walker Percy’s National Book Award–winning novel The Moviegoer, the protagonist, a restless and dislocated stock broker, Binx Bolling, sets out on a search. It’s the eve of his 30th birthday, and his trips to the movies and flings with his various secretaries have failed to satisfy him. Adrift in a world where tradition is

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  • Ignoring Young Male Voters Courts Catastrophe

    Ignoring Young Male Voters Courts Catastrophe1

    Cries of “Trump is Hitler!” and attempted assassinations have dominated coverage of the upcoming presidential elections. This deprives an intriguing issue of attention. An August 24th New York Times article by culture columnist Claire Cain Miller states the issue: “In some ways, this presidential election has become a referendum on gender roles.” Gender gaps between how men and

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  • Friday Comic: For Your Own Good0

    Credit: OwenComics (store) X: @owenbroadcast Instagram: @owenbroadcast Save this article to favorites

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  • 8 Works of Fiction You Should Read to Understand Religion

    8 Works of Fiction You Should Read to Understand Religion2

    I know—even if you’re interested in expanding your understanding of religion, it’s intimidating to pick up a hefty tome like the Bible and start from scratch. It’s complex, it’s confusing, and what’s more, it’s ancient. But digging through concordances and theological treatises isn’t the only way. Sometimes the simplest (and most manageable) way to learn

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