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  • Eric smiles and waves his arms in the air in front of a Yorkshire background
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    The ’90s Proved that Britain Knows How to do Comedy

    I’m somebody who tends to fall in love with a television show and watch it over and over again for the entirety of my life. It’s so easy to do this with sitcoms because they’re fun and lighthearted and can be played in the background of whatever you’re doing. While I love American comedies like […] More

  • The cover of Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

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    The Black Fly in Your Chardonnay: Jagged Little Pill at 25

    I vividly remember the day I listened to Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill for the first time. I was in 7th grade and a classmate slid it across the table to me in the last period. It was in a piecemeal jewel case–just the liner notes and the CD. The inset and backsplash of the […] More

  • Rachel looking down, smiling, holding a phone to her ear in one hand and her other hand on her hip in Friends

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    Rachel Green: Spoiled Rich Girl To Responsible Adult and Fashionista

    Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston) has always been my favorite character from Friends. I admire her taste in fashion, her ambitions for a career in fashion and for following her dreams. Her switch from spoiled rich girl to responsible adult began with her refusal to marry Barry (Mitchell Whitfield), which changed the trajectory of her life dramatically, albeit […] More

  • A still from the video of Losing My Religion. The band by a window.

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    A Perfect 10 by R.E.M.

    R.E.M. have been my favourite band from the moment that I started to take music seriously beyond being background noise on the radio. No other band outside of perhaps Arcade Fire have ever spoken to me on such a personal level, and R.E.M and their fifteen proper albums, and multiple live releases and compilations have […] More