2022

Bareses have had their city painted as a regional afterthought. Those who visit Puglia do not possess any remote thoughts of port cities, let alone industrial cities with the intersection between Romantic architecture and sporadic modernity at your feet. And yet, within the mazes of buildings lies a romantic secret…

It was a good year for genre. 10. She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Whether it’s the flawless comic timing of the unparalleled Tatiana Maslany or the cogent feminist critique or the true-to-the-comic embrace of full on metanarrative this one captures my heart from start to (especially) finish. 9. Stranger Things

(Written Between January 1st and January 21st, 2023) — New Year’s Day 2023. The year of heartbreaks and divorce and a sex life thwarted by unknown forces ’tis no more. So long. Good riddance. This year there’s new open doors to explore, like orgasmic yoga, qi gong, a more authentic Sean O’Connor Less reactivity in my dogs. … … …

Much like a teenager doing MDMA for the first time on a summer night, in 2021 the world belonged to crypto investors. The euphoria led them to do NFT extravaganzas, trust all their belongings to kind strangers with curly hair, and keep dancing when the first rays of inflation shone…

Time, the fire in which we all burn. And as logic would have it, there are but three moments. The past, the present and the future. Of the three, perhaps the one that suffers the most is the present moment. George Carlin had the best joke on this. He goes…. …

Debunking Russia’s Propaganda about Ukraine — One of the justifications that Putin uses for the invasion of Ukraine is that Putin wants to “demilitarize” and “denazify” Ukraine. He also wants to protect the people that are subjected to abuse, and genocide from the Kiev regime. The great irony of the current war is Russia’s attempt to…

By Mia Vietmeier — 5th-8th GRADE WINNER FOR THE 2022 YOUTH CREATIVE WRITING CONTEST. Fall Prompt: The story must be between 150–300 words, and must include ALL THREE OBJECTS: Dice, Suitcase, Medal When I enter the room of the wake, I leave my suitcase at the door. The room is empty, and not only…

By Jeffery Tong — 9th-12th GRADE WINNER FOR THE 2022 YOUTH CREATIVE WRITING CONTEST. Fall Prompt: The story must be between 150–300 words, and must include ALL THREE OBJECTS: Dice, Suitcase, Medal The caliginous shadows of night hid the towering buildings of Paris. An SS officer strolled into the basement room of 84 Avenue…