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Moving Is Hell and Other Non-Revelations
I HAVE come to the realization that using the word “hell” in relation to “Los Angeles” is thematic in most of my writing as of late.…
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THE MOST controversial item to come out of Tumblr this week is blogger centrumlumina’s “census” of Archive of Our Own (also known as AO3), a popular…
59 Reactions to the 50 Shades of Grey Trailer
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So Dark the Con of Man: Is Romance Real or Rotten?
AH, ROMANCE. That nebulous feeling fed by candle-lit dinners, flowers, chocolate, quirky surprises and a sense of playful spontaneity that appears fresh and inventive, yet…
