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    Media Anime and Manga Thread MK3 - Beware Spoilers

    finished 'cardcaptor sakura' yesterday which i loved. the animation is excellent, it has a great balance of magical journey and slice of life, the characters are a joy to watch (except for mr. terada who i booed every time he was onscreen, tho luckily they toned down the stuff w/ him and rika...
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    Media Anime and Manga Thread MK3 - Beware Spoilers

    finished 'revolutionary girl utena' yesterday and am obsessed. actually started it like a month ago and made it to episode 27 but then quit (i loved it at first but started to get impatient with it). glad i picked it back up though since 28 on was hit after hit, especially the last few episodes...
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    what essays do you keep finding yourself returning to?

    definitely joan didion's on self respect, a lot of people could use it https://www.vogue.com/article/joan-didion-self-respect-essay-1961
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    Media General Music Discussion Thread

    really heard fiona's last album when i was fifteen and now i'm almost done w/ my first year of grad school.....new one was worth the wait
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    SS Random Battle - Dynamax Voting

    dynamax: do not ban
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    SS Random Battle Dynamax Suspect - Voter Identification Thread (READ THE OP!)

    random battle suspects..........i've truly seen it all please don't contribute to this site ruining this gen friends #savedynamax
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    Media Anime and Manga Thread MK3 - Beware Spoilers

    after binging 'the woman called fujiko mine' two days ago i have now watched every lupin iii tv series, thus completing my masters in lupin studies :) dedicating this achievement to my poetry mfa program whose funding has enabled this critical research
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    2019-20 NBA Season

    saw the score of that wolves clippers game and was like 'oh well pg and kawhi were out' then looked it up and saw they played...i better hear about this on the talk shows tomorrow....... love the rockets move. feel like capela gets played off the court in the playoffs every year so i'm glad...
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    Media Books

    have read 100 books this year. here are some i've enjoyed (check em out, i promise they're good!): prose: fantasian by larissa pham my dark vanessa by kate elizabeth russell the seas by samantha hunt green girl by kate zambreno (her books 'heroine' and 'o fallen angel' are also incredible)...
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    Poetry Thread

    instead of sharing one of my poems i figured i'd share 10 poems i enjoy. if you're someone who's curious about poetry but doesn't know too much about it hopefully you find something you like here (and always feel free to hmu for recs!) Poem to an Unnameable Man by Dorothea Lasky Notebook...
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    2019 Music

    And yes Elon / Grimes / Azealia Banks legal drama updates count
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    2019 Music

    No one made a 2018 thread last year and it was a brutal year so I wanted to make sure we didn't start off cursed again. Albums from 2019 you're listening to? Excited about? Willing to bet will be trash? Have more than a few thoughts but wanna know yours.
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    Media Books

    some other books i've enjoyed recently: poetry: the dream of reason by jenny george mucus in my pineal gland by juliana huxtable the compleat purge by trisha low nox by anne carson don't let me be lonely by claudia rankine sorrowtoothpaste mirrorcream by kim hyesoon a timeshare by margaret...
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    Serious People's views on whether Africa could have developed without colonization.

    also nigerian and the answer to this question is "yes". have absolutely no idea why you'd base your idea of technological progress on the ideas of a category of people who've not only caused massive levels of human misery everywhere in the world they've went (including nigeria), but who are...
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    Tennis Thread 2019

    all good, and i appreciate your post. let me try and clarify, because "Abusing match officials is a penalty but only if you haven't received any previous violations and the match is in the quarterfinals of the US Open or the semifinals of Wimbledon. Etc." is not at all what i'm suggesting. it's...
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    Tennis Thread 2019

    in speaking of consistency i wasn't speaking to ramos's personal record but to a general pattern in the tennis world. i've read plenty about him though, none of which has changed my mind about the call being a mistake, though it sounds like i wouldn't like his reffing style generally did wind...
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    Tennis Thread 2019

    when the rules aren't actually enforced with consistency as many people throughout the tennis world have admitted outright this notion of hiding behind "following the rules" rings hollow, especially in the case of the game point penalty where the rule he was judging on is by nature discretionary...
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    Tennis Thread 2019

    after a lovely stretch spent doing absolutely nothing but eating, lounging on my couch, and watching us open matches i'm pleased to say that i'm now transitioning from "person who knows the rules of tennis" to tennis fan :) many writers are known tennis fans so it feels like i'm entering into a...
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    Media Books

    things i've been reading and enjoying lately poetry: other people's comforts keep me up at night + there are more beautiful things than beyonce by morgan parker phrasis + the hero poems by wendy xu indictus by natalie eilbert if not, winter by sappho (translated by anne carson) awe + black...
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    Post college grads come here

    graduated in english + creative writing a few months ago.. just gonna look for a job (fingers crossed on the one i'm waiting to hear back from) and then start the hell that is mfa applications so keep me in prayer. also have a poetry chapbook being published in ~ a month which is very cool :)...
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