a zine by and for teens
Story by Zoe Allen Illustration by Li Ya Wen During the past decade, we, as high school and college-aged students, have faced exceedingly quixotic expectations. These expectations seem to be placed upon us in every sphere—educationally, athletically, influentially, and economically. The expectations we face are mostly normalized, taken at face value, and understood to be…
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Nicolaia Rips debates the pros and cons of unprocessed obsession.
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Story Editor Zoe Allen discusses the ever expanding inability to discern the authenticity of romance among public figures.
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Chandra Johnson comes to terms with how her formative, adolescent crushes turned into real world dating repercussions.
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Writer Olivia Ferrucci analyzes what most of us have either proudly–or not so proudly–indulged in: fan fiction.
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Managing Editor Zoe Yu Gilligan writes about her love of disco, its political history, and why we should all be dancing.
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Managing Editor Zoe Yu Gilligan contemplates death, astrology, New York City traffic, and why everything is going to be just fine.
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Writer and Admin of the @kardashian_kolloquium Instagram account theorizes the cultural obsession surrounding the Kardashians.
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Crybaby’s editor-in-chief introduces the Obsession issue in this editor’s letter.
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Story by Zoe Yu Gilligan In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, Film Forum in New York City and Landmark’s Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles have been screening Jennie Livingston’s “Paris is Burning”, a 1990 landmark documentary about the city’s “Golden Age” of ball culture in its last years. It won the…
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