recent essays

• 53. American Fanfiction
  Imagine if, instead of a repatriation renegade, Laila Croft was a lawyer. Imagine if, instead of stealing from museums, she negotiated with them to return artifacts stolen by scholars from the Western World. Imagine our young heroine working with the law,… Read more: 53. American Fanfiction
• 52. Study of the Human Condition
  For a brief (too brief, in my opinion) time period, the Museum of the Motion Picture in Los Angeles had a Hayao Miyazaki retrospective—the first of its kind outside of Japan. It was a fantastic exhibit. Much of the material was… Read more: 52. Study of the Human Condition
• 51. Leap Day of Faith
  Some of you know that I do monthly reviews. The process is fairly simple, though it’s not always fun. Here are the five steps to doing a simple monthly review: That’s it. It seems simple but it is really boring most… Read more: 51. Leap Day of Faith
• 50. Tastebreakers
  This post is about the things that make us feel other things. I’ve been thinking about this topic for awhile, but it received a punt to the forefront of my mental roster after a friend recommended the following episode of the… Read more: 50. Tastebreakers
• 49. Club Read
  As January closes out, I thought it would be good to look back on what I’ve done to accomplish the reading goals I set for myself at the beginning of the year: to read more widely and deeply. So far, I’ve… Read more: 49. Club Read

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