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I Could Have Died of Anorexia. Today, Girls Are Being Pushed Toward Something Worse.
What My Struggle with Anorexia Taught Me About Transgender Hormone Therapy
Oct 21
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I Was in a Situationship… With a Literary Agent
The publishing industry dangles hope, unpaid labor, and broken promises
Oct 14
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Students Are Reading Garbage
What Happens When "Born a Crime" Replaces "Catcher in the Rye"?
Oct 8
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Taylor Swift's English Teacher Scam
How Taylor Swift turned from a brilliant lyricist into a parody of an English professor
Oct 4
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September 2025
No, Your Tech Job Doesn’t Matter More Than Shakespeare
Why you need art in a world obsessed with STEM
Sep 30
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Joseph Brodsky's "Odysseus to Telemachus"
A Pens and Poison Poetry Analysis
Sep 26
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Girl Soldier Is Almost Here!
Your Companion Guide to the World of Girl Soldier (And How You Can Snag a FREE Personalized Signed Copy!)
Sep 23
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The SAT Killed the Humanities
The SAT’s STEM Bias Points to a Larger Crisis in Reading and Writing
Sep 18
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The Publishing Industry Hates Conservatives
No, It’s Not About Writing Quality
Sep 15
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My Heart Still Belongs to Holden Caulfield
What Rereading The Catcher in the Rye in My Late 20s Taught Me About Nostalgia, Authenticity, and Growing Up
Sep 10
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The Forgotten Value of a Literary Education
Why English departments have lost their way—and how rediscovering Arnold, Trilling, and Frye can save them.
Sep 8
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Joshua Fagan
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Your Kink Isn't Art
Why serious literature demands beauty rather than degradation
Sep 1
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