From the Blog
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ProHERbition — Feminist Beef with Snopes and WHO
“WHO calls to ban women from drinking alcohol!” watchdogs shouted today. Though it’s 2021 and most of us are traumatized beyond the point of being surprised, such a headline should shock us. If we bring back prohibition—specifically aimed at women—what comes next? Passports and bank accounts frozen? Then red cloaks and white bonnets? In fiction,
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Alaska
I’m in love. The west coast has always been special to me, although I never knew why. Now that I live here, I finally understand it. If you’re from New England, you’ll be able to imagine Alaska. All you have to do is make a few basic changes to the east coast. First, you’ll want
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What do you do with artist’s block?
There would probably be a billion more artists in the world if we stopped interpreting artist’s block as the end of the road. Have you ever experienced a creativity drought? No ideas, no oomph, just malaise and blank pages? That, my friend, is artist’s block. “You’re not good enough to keep doing this,” the monotonous
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Inspiration and Motivation
What keeps an artist going? Is it a cup of coffee and a blank notepad? Or is it a white canvas, a fresh set of paints, and a hundred ideas? Is it knowing that everyone will love what you create? Or is it the relaxed, accomplished feeling you get after finishing a project that keeps
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5 Things Covid Should Have Brought Back (But Didn’t)
The 2020 SARS-CoV-2 pandemic provided so many opportunities for style shifts. And by that I mean we had the chance to recreate the 50’s, and we didn’t. It’s hard not to idealize the Boomers’ heyday. From the death of tailored style to the decline of affordable domestic help and florists, we’ve lost a lot of
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