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Someone sitting in front of their TV trying to press play on the remote. The TV screen reads “ACCESS DENIED” (they got kicked out of their parent’s Netflix).
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It’s been 84 years since you opened my app

Kaja Antic June 5, 2024

My dear friend, Oh, how I miss you dearly. My algorithm yearns for your endless searches for queer shows that get cancelled after one season. Who am I supposed to recommend true crime documentaries to now? Who will routinely search my catalogues for Oscar Isaac media even though my content hasn’t been updated in weeks? Who else will watch Drive to Survive while still knowing that much of the drama is fabricated? All your brother watches are Oscar bait movies he’ll give three and a half stars to on Letterboxd and forget about. Your sister only plays reruns of shows…

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Caricature of a burglar wearing a black mask, a striped shirt, and holding a bag. They are gesturing to be quiet by putting their index finger in front of their mouth.
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Stop asking me to do things

Sonya Janeshewski May 21, 2024

Everyone always says sharing is caring. Well, people who believe that are the reason we will never move forward as a society. Once you’ve made your bed, you have to lie in it. You ask me to hold the door…

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illustration of a trash bin with clothes in it
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Thrifting points to larger issues with our consumption habits

Yasmin Hassan May 7, 2024

Do you ever find yourself scrolling on Instagram, TikTok, or Pinterest and falling into a rabbit hole of thrift hauls? Dazed and envious of the stuff people find — the lot of it all. So, you go thrifting in an…

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Doodle of a Black person with blue hair eating vanilla cake with sprinkles.
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Local enby starting every conversation with “have you purchased my gift yet?” during their birthday month

C Icart March 26, 2024

After 11 torturous non-birthday months, soon to be 25-year-old Blue Rose (again, totally not a pseudonym I am making up for myself) is finally back in their birthday era. In the tradition of Trina Vega, they are dead-set on making…

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