Category: Reflections

Thinking About Conversations

Wherein the author reflects on what constitutes a meaningful exchange.

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Moan: The Monstrous Sublime

A statement by the artist on her photography thesis.

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A Case for Disgust

“And yet, God introduces Adam and Eve. Around them, creatures dance and indulge and huddle and purge. Birds shit humans. Dying men fart birds. He treats euphoria and terror with the same technical perfection, blurring the line between a familiar Earth and an alien world”.

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Color War

Our guns were semi-automatic, which means you could shoot as fast as you pulled the trigger, and even an amateur like myself found myself reeling off three or four paintballs a second. I could feel every individual shot through its reverberations—no real recoil to speak of, but a satisfying pneumatic thwunk as the ball hurtled through the barrel.

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Technology: A Bridge Across Continents and Oceans

“I didn’t have too much faith in technology to bridge such an enormous distance gap. There was no way that crackling audio or pixelated video could rival the warmth of human presence.”

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Crazy

I decide that if only girls are crazy, I will be a boy—

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How to Visit Home from a Movie Theater

A Nass writer reflects on her family’s connection to a recent film.

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The Cheapening of the Left

In the age of online activism, a writer considers how progressivism has become fashionable.

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Naked and Unafraid

My communal showering journey

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Hunter

“The truth is that in every annoying, badly done Facebook meme, there is a grain of truth hidden somewhere. Because even the hunter puts down the rifle when the rabbit is served to him on a silver platter by strangers he’s never going to see again.”

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Snow Week

Typically a disorganized person, I’d planned my Fall Break to a tee.

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Mission to Cuba

Experiencing a Communist nation as an American tourist.

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