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Falling in love with Valentine’s Day again
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Valentine’s Day is a holiday that many, if not most people today, regard with general distaste and scorn if it’s even mentioned in conversation. I’ve heard all of the criticisms and I do agree with them — to an extent. It alienates people who are not in relationships. It’s a glorified occasion that’s a flimsy…
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How the genre of rap is evolving
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I like to think about rap on a spectrum — much like the political one. Just like there is a left and right in politics, there is a left and right in rap: liberals on the left, who encourage change and a forward way of thinking, conservatives on the right, who cherish and try to…
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Not giving into the pressures of Valentine’s Day
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There are two kinds of people in February: people who love Valentine’s Day and people who loathe it. From my experience, there’s no one who really sits on the fence. Stereotypically, the people who love it are in relationships and the people who loathe it are single. For the first time in five years, I’ll…
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