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Fashion
The Philosophy of Ripped Jeans
September 7, 2022Jack Condie, Nicholas Dagher, Gwenda-lin Grewal, Noah Kupper, Quinn Mason
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Grief Creates an Opportunity for Love
July 6, 2022Harold Pollack
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Authority and Freedom: A Defense of the Arts
Pythagorean Mysticism
March 2, 2022Paul Berman
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Literature
Literary Imperialism and Scenes of High Melodrama
February 1, 2022Torsa Ghosal
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A Connection That Never Expired
July 7, 2021Elzbieta Matynia, Claire Potter
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Columnists
How the Press Corps Severs Public Debate from the Constraints of History, Creating Space for Real Harm
June 14, 2021John Stoehr 
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New York City
The Floating Pool Lady
May 12, 2021Ann L. Buttenwieser
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Past Present
RuPaul and the History of Drag
April 28, 2021Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young
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What A Korean American Will Find in Minari
April 15, 2021Hannah H. Kim
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Capitalism
The PMC Has Children
April 8, 2021Catherine Liu
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History
Why Weimar is an Imperfect Mirror
April 8, 2021Helmut W. Smith
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Past Present
Britney Spears and the #FreeBritney Movement
February 23, 2021Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young

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