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The Commodification of Pop Punk Nostalgia
essay On October 11, 2022, the angsty, genre-defining pop-punk trio Blink 182 announced via Instagram that they were “coming”...back,...

kaleenamadruga
Oct 14, 20224 min read
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Viburnum opulus
essay I am staring out of a window into the dark street while a Ukrainian woman shoves pins into my sleeve when I start to miss my...

kaleenamadruga
Nov 30, 20215 min read
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How to Say Goodbye in the Desert
essay The last time I had seen my grandparents in person was sometime around 2009. Prior to that, our interactions were spotty,...

kaleenamadruga
Oct 16, 20219 min read
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The Scent of My Skin
essay When I decided to take my body back into the ocean I was feeling very calloused and dry. I hadn’t allowed myself anywhere near the...

kaleenamadruga
Sep 23, 20215 min read
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You're Doing Amazing
fiction Brad proposed to me in my hometown of San Diego, at a place that doesn’t really exist, Joseph’s Cove. I don’t think I am in love...

kaleenamadruga
Aug 17, 20215 min read
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I Am Having a Really Nice Time Picking My Skin Off
essay When I was nineteen, two bartenders from the restaurant I worked at came over to my apartment with tattoos guns they had recently...

kaleenamadruga
May 6, 20216 min read
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Time
short story The couple at the museum had fallen into a rut. Nothing beyond repair, at least not yet, but the rut was there, palpable....

kaleenamadruga
Feb 8, 20215 min read
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A Case for Sleep
essay It was the crickets that kept me up most nights. The incessant chirping beyond my window seemed never ending, as if a gang of...

kaleenamadruga
Jan 19, 20216 min read
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What a Cutie
fiction I think the best thing that happened to me recently was my transformation. Before I completely changed, I was very stressed about...

kaleenamadruga
Sep 10, 20203 min read
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Work
short story - fiction Sometimes when I am feeling particularly frisky I will take the elevator downstairs and have three strong Belgium...

kaleenamadruga
Jan 8, 20203 min read
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The Bad Dad Christmas Phenomena
personal essay - nonfiction Yesterday I received a Christmas package in the mail from my father. Since we live in different states and I...

kaleenamadruga
Jan 8, 20208 min read
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On a Cruise to Mexico
short story - fiction I’m on vacation with my wife and kids in Mexico. A seven day cruise along the Gulf. We’re on day three and my wife...

kaleenamadruga
Jan 8, 20209 min read
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God, I Love Myself
short story - fiction “Now it came to be the day when the sons of the [true] God entered to take their station before Jehovah, and even...

kaleenamadruga
Jan 8, 20208 min read
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The Most Powerful Woman in the World
fiction I wake up to the smell of lavender and an alarm blaring on my marble bedside table. I check my phone, which is held securely by a...

kaleenamadruga
Jan 8, 20208 min read
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