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December 28, 2025 | fucked up modern love essays

The Cassandra Letter

Kavitha Rath

You were never going to let me, a Hindu atheist, walk down an aisle, in front of your parents to “Everybody Wants to Rule the World.” (ok, my fantasy).

The Cassandra Letter photo
Running on Hash and Hubris photo

December 26, 2025 | Sports

Running on Hash and Hubris

Silas Noah

Obviously this is not everyone’s experience during a marathon

Fruity QT & DIY Girl photo

December 24, 2025 | Fiction

Fruity QT & DIY Girl

Madison Murray

DIY Girl turns shit into sugar, men into murderers. DIY Girl is a melted qt-colored crayon

Big Gym Family: My Year with the Chinese Bodybuilders photo

December 23, 2025 | Sports

Big Gym Family: My Year with the Chinese Bodybuilders

Lavinia Liang

“Give me his number,” my aunt said, pulling on her weightlifting gloves.

December 23, 2025 | Poetry

2/24/22

Nick Dove

Snow misted, or so I remember
I was awake, but only partly
Somewhere beyond dreams
In my space between nightmares
Laying in the dark
And lying that things were still light
Outside, the city sat

December 22, 2025 | Interview

Lauren Rothery on Television

Anna Dorn

Art is, to me, a balance between what you say and what you don’t. What you let a stranger’s imagination fill in.

December 22, 2025 | Fiction

Puppies

Sam Franzini

Sensitive men have a way of making problems for themselves. ​​​​​​

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