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NYC, You Infuriating, Beautiful, Magical Thing: A Love Letter (With an Asterisk)
"A lot of cool things and interesting people in a really shitty place." — A native New Yorker
Mar 13
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Mona S.
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NYC, You Infuriating, Beautiful, Magical Thing: A Love Letter (With an Asterisk)
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January 2025
Mini Essay: On Toxic Positivity and Privileged Disengagement
When artificial positivity and spiritual bypassing become erasure.
Jan 25
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Mona S.
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Mini Essay: On Toxic Positivity and Privileged Disengagement
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Mini essay: Confessions of a rabble-rouser in a world of pretenses
When you can't help calling it like it is.
Jan 11
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Mona S.
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Mini essay: Confessions of a rabble-rouser in a world of pretenses
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Rediscovering the Spiritual Magic of Group Singing
I didn’t get to capture any footage—our phones were gently but firmly discouraged, a much-needed reminder to put away distractions and fully connect…
Jan 6
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Mona S.
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Rediscovering the Spiritual Magic of Group Singing
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December 2024
Healing Through relatable TV: How Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Made Me Cry, Laugh, and Feel Seen
Watching Rebecca Bunch's journey—from boy-crazy woman-child to self-aware, functional adult—was equal parts hilarious, touching, and deeply validating.
Dec 10, 2024
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Mona S.
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Healing Through relatable TV: How Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Made Me Cry, Laugh, and Feel Seen
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Mini Essay: A Case Against Organized Religion
It’s time we move past organized religion as a society.
Dec 10, 2024
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Mona S.
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Mini Essay: A Case Against Organized Religion
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November 2024
Reflections on My Evolving Journey of Community-Building in the Big City: From Karaoke Bars to Collective Care, Reclaiming Depth and Values…
I think about community a lot—how to build it, sustain it, what it should look like, and how it should evolve.
Nov 17, 2024
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Mona S.
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Reflections on My Evolving Journey of Community-Building in the Big City: From Karaoke Bars to Collective Care, Reclaiming Depth and Values in an Isolated Age.
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September 2024
How I beat my SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)
Winter doesn't have to suck.
Sep 13, 2024
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Mona S.
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How I beat my SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)
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Lessons From My Year of Celibacy
Spoiler alert: I haven't died from lack of sex (yet).
Sep 5, 2024
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Mona S.
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May 2024
Film Analysis: The Power of Dystopia in the Hunger Games
On dystopia's potential to clarify, magnify, and awaken us to current political realities and their chilling consequences.
May 30, 2024
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Mona S.
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Film Analysis: The Power of Dystopia in the Hunger Games
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Dating apps: keep them or delete them?
I had to delete them, but it comes down to personal choice.
May 30, 2024
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Mona S.
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Mini essay: on the subconscious bias towards sexism
The bias towards sexism is so ingrained in our systems and societies that even the most well intentioned and woke of my guy friends or colleagues (and…
May 30, 2024
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Mini essay: on the subconscious bias towards sexism
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