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Author: Carolyn Kelly

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Traveling While Branded

For as long as I can remember, what people wear when they fly has fascinated me. My mother was a flight attendant, and whenever I saw her in uniform (pale blue blouse, dark navy slacks and vest, blazer with two silver stripes on the sleeves, wings and American flag pin on the breast) I knew she was going to leave.

by Carolyn Kelly on October 17, 2015October 18, 2015

Ancient Internet

Even today, going back to the sites of the 1990s is a blast from the past. The primitive web design is frankly laughable, though it’s like unfairly comparing cave art to Rembrandt. Websites from the 90’s aren’t bad per se, they simply lack the basic modicums of user-friendliness and aesthetics that we’ve grown used to.

by Rachel Wilson on February 14, 2013September 7, 2013

How Social Are You?

If you answered mostly A’s…

by Mara Nelson-Greeberg on April 23, 2009March 17, 2013

God Talks

Prime Mover: Thanks for having Me.
Earthly Representative: It’s our pleasure. We’re really excited to have you here.
PM: Ah, no worries. I was here already.
ER: And, personally speaking, it is such an honor to meet you.
PM: Man, you already knew Me in your heart.
ER: Really?
PM: No, I’m joking. But we have met already.

by Tessa Brown on February 21, 2007March 17, 2013

Gold Father

“Are you inviting us over? / Then tell us which way.”

by Sarah Hirschfield on November 17, 2019November 17, 2019

Stare, Glance, Stare

Eight years ago street artist Banksy disguised himself, entered the British Museum, and put a piece of his own work up on a wall. It was a slab of concrete, on which he had painted a cave figure drawing of a man with a shopping cart. Banksy even added an object label reading that this cave drawing pictured “early man venturing towards the out-of-town hunting grounds,” and was created by artist “Banksymus Maximus.”

by Lara Norgaard on March 1, 2014March 1, 2014

“Art Comes From Art”

Morton Feldman was, it could be fairly said, the twentieth century’s most talkative composer.

by Russell O'Rourke O'Rourke on April 2, 2009March 17, 2013

A Change Would Do You Good

Let’s play some free association. I say “Viv.” You say…“coffee.” Wrong. I say “Viv.” You say…“Sheryl Crow.” Right! About a week ago, I ventured to Café Viv for the first time in quite a while, softly singing “Soak Up the … Read More

by Cailey Hall on December 7, 2005March 17, 2013

Neighbors with Nazis

Fernand Lépinay is a friend of my grandparents who lives outside of the small town of Laigle in the rainy Orne department of Lower Normandy.

by Emily Lever on May 4, 2015August 11, 2015

French 101

I’ll start this assessment of French 101/102 with a warning—one that applies to all first level language classes. If you ever find yourself longing to start a new language, know that you will have fifty minutes of class every day … Read More

by Jay Butler on March 1, 2013March 22, 2013

Comics

Some comics for your Sunday pleasure.

by Hannah Mittleman on October 31, 2021October 31, 2021

A Merienda with Sappho

“The dialogue below [..] is one of those instances in which my participation was peripheral, but the conversation was still exhilarating, confusing, and verging on scandalous.”

by Ceci McWilliams on December 4, 2022December 5, 2022


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