Opinion

The good of bad TV

I have a problem with "Supergirl”: I find it incredibly cheesy, annoying and in-your-face, in the sense that it has the moral complexity and thematic subtlety of “Sesame Street.” And
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Lights, camera, gun violence?

On Nov. 9, by 4:30 p.m., when this article is being written, there's been eight instances of gun violence in the United States. On Nov. 8, there were 64. America
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Why flying sucks

The end of term comes bearing ill tidings: piled-up projects, constant stress, sleep deprivation, and for some international students, a 30 hour flight back home. Don’t get me wrong, I
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Sequels: No ending ever ends

In much fanfare, the dark fairy Maleficent returned to the silver screen in the titular movie sequel, which premiered in the United States on Oct. 18. The follow-up to the
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Where does art meet politics?

On Oct. 10, the Swedish Academy announced the winners of the Nobel Prizes in Literature for 2018 (postponed last year due to a sexual assault scandal) and 2019: Olga Tokarczuk
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A defense for madness, bedbugs and ogres

One morning, Gregor Samsa woke up from troubled dreams to find himself transformed into a monstrous vermin. A slight inconvenience, it seemed. "The Metamorphosis" original cover in German. Many literary
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Stop hating on Comic Sans

Ah, Comic Sans. Supposedly the most hated font in existence. Graphic designers and other people with eyeballs alike had rejoiced when they thought this cartoonish font had backspaced itself out
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What makes horror?

From the time humans began telling stories, there has always been horror. Horror is the inexplicable. Horror is what lurks in the night. Horror is the monsters and gods veiled
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