How to Write About African Women
byThis essay is a work of satire, modeled after Bright Alozie’s “How to Write About Nigeria.” Much like Alozie’s 2021 essay, this post captures…
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A Very Modest Proposal
A Letter to the Mayor
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To the honorable Ted Wheeler, respectable heir to Willamette Industries, upstanding Police Commissioner, Pontifex Maximus, & Mayor of Portland in His Second Remove, …
Remarks from the Author on “Josh Cohen”
Using irony with sincerity
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“Joshua Cohen” is a satire, which is itself a form that relies on irony. (As an aside, the colloquial use of “ironic” to denote…
The Debate Upon a Hill: Josh Cohen v. Ronald “Big Ronny” Schmuck
byOn May 32nd, amidst great upheaval, wars and rumors of wars,1 and a plague that had beset all nations on the face of the…
The Top 5 Shoegaze Albums of 2019
I wrote the list because I know what shoegaze is.
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As The Pacific Sentinel’s full-time, in-house music critic, I take pride in amassing a wide knowledge of music subgenres and keeping current with new…
The Signs as Beloved Celebrity Birds of PSU
What is your astrological sign telling you??
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The astrological signs tell us everything we need to know about ourselves. Understanding your sign can provide council in times of hardship, allow for…
The Complete Oral History Of The Time That The Beatles Died On Tokyo Disneyland Splash Mountain
byWe all remember where we were the day it happened: July 27th, 1996. Perhaps you were buying groceries when you saw the newspaper: BEATLES…
Good News!
The Trump Presidency was only a mass delusion, the likes of which we may never fully comprehend
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Nov. 15, 2016—On Tuesday morning, all 7.4 billion human beings woke up to find that they had slipped into a weeklong coma-like state, during…