Ad lucem: Academia’s apparition in societal imagination
Aishwarya Jayadeep/Senior Staff
The grind never stops — nor, it seems, does the presence of school in the products of collective societal perception.
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4 books to make you fall in love with reading this autumn
Each of these four books practically insist on being read by the fire with a mug of hot chocolate and a flannel blanket.
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Foiling fiat lux: Dark academia and the mirage of digital aesthetics
The aesthetic romanticizes the ugliest parts of real-life academia: elitism, exclusion, ruthless competition and privilege.
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‘Life is catastrophe,’ or how I learned to love ‘The Goldfinch’
Because I don’t care what anyone says or how often or winningly they say it: no one will ever, ever be able to persuade me that life is some awesome, rewarding treat. Because, here’s the truth: life is catastrophe. The basic fact of existence — of walking around trying to
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