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Who Can Play the Bells?

Each week, the Guild climbs the 240 steps, putting their fists to the batons and their feet to the pedals. Below, the campus moves through its day, occasionally stopping to look up and wonder.

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culture, criticism Shawn Quek culture, criticism Shawn Quek

The War on “Woke”

The reactionary right does not need to define what “woke” means. The definition shifts, elastic enough to ensnare any movement, any critique, any person who dares to suggest that the status quo is anything less than just.

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The Wealth of Unicorns

In the world of finance, a unicorn is something to be caught, dissected, and monetized. In Death of a Unicorn, Alex Scharfman takes this premise to a grotesquely literal conclusion.

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