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On Staying in Touch Post-Graduation

It’s an awkward conversation nobody wants to have…. no, not the sex talk. Not how much you wish your grandpa’s girlfriend would clean her dishes. Not meekly asking Chancellor Martin to divest from fossil fuels.  You must talk to your friends about how you plan to stay in touch post-graduation. ...

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Op-Ed: I Have Finally Accepted Life in a Pancake

I’m confused. Everyone keeps saying we are in a pancake and I guess I am starting to see it or something…?  I first heard about this theory on Twitter. I just assumed it was part of a movement of modern American post-realist thinkers fostering an intellectual discussion about the state ...

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On the Ubiquity of Foucault’s Panopticon

(in relation to Plato’s allegory of the Cave and Atwood’s internalized Male Gaze)   Ha! Gotchu, you fuckin’ nerd. You thought I was gonna comment on how Foucault’s panoptic systems extend beyond the carceral archipelago and into our own minds, affecting our perceptions of reality as described by Plato’s cave ...

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A Summary of Cow Vid ‘19

In ANTHRO 360: “Animals, Furries, and Guillermo del Toro”, we watched a very thought-provoking YouTube video about a group of cattle ranchers in Wakawuhwoh County, Wisconsin. After an outbreak of a fairly deadly cow disease, farmers had to work hard to make sure their cowmunities rarely intermingled. In Wakawuhwoh, farmers ...

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