Ancient Grains Archive
The Fabulist
Ancient Grains, Weird True Tales
Jul 19, 2013
A fabulist is a fabricator in the total sense of the word, a forger but also a constructor, someone who tells lies in the service of a grand project. The fabulist is always an aspirational figure, and the personal legend they create is the means by which they achieve their desired position,
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Schrödinger’s Box
Ancient Grains, Family
Jul 19, 2013
“You know,” Alisha says, “you’re being a little too healthy about this.” Slouched in a coffee-shop armchair, she’s a belly with a head and limbs stuck on as afterthoughts. A kick ripples the stripes of her t-shirt, and her face locks into a grimace.
I rattle an ice cube into my mouth and
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Sympathy for E.L. James
Ancient Grains, Writing
Jul 19, 2013
A few months ago, an erotic writing colleague mass-messaged me asking I wanted to participate in a project to let Fifty Shades of Grey author E.L. James know that she had supporters by adding her as a Facebook friend en masse. This was aimed at counteracting some of the vitriol that's been
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In The Eventuality: Royal Baby Watch
Ancient Grains, Family
Jul 18, 2013
Soon, perhaps within a matter of hours, the Duchess of Cambridge will give birth to the newest heir to the British throne. News of Kate Middleton's pregnancy has captured the public’s attention ever since she was hospitalized with acute morning sickness back in December. The royal baby buzz has been building steadily
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Fandom Anthropology: Teen Wolf
Ancient Grains, History
Jul 18, 2013
1. A Portrait of the Author as a Young Fan
I got my first computer when I was fourteen, the summer before my freshman year of high school. It was a Dell, and it was blue, and it weighed around as much as my little brother. I don’t remember how long it took
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Why I’m A Pro-Choice Doula
Ancient Grains, Feminism
Jul 18, 2013
There’s no one way to describe what it’s like to be present when a baby is born. For me, it’s electric. It’s the most bold, most primal work of human existence, happening both all at once and in slow motion: shivery, sweaty, bloody, beautiful. It's the biggest joy and the greatest privilege
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What The Posters In Your First Apartment Say About You Now
Ancient Grains, Design
Jul 18, 2013
Le Chat Noir: You routinely post incredibly popular Buzzfeed articles to Facebook. "Laughed so hard," you write as you share a post that has over 3 million pageviews and has already been shared by fourteen of your friends. You have no idea that some of your coworkers talk about this habit of
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Rejected Sitcom Concepts
Ancient Grains, Humor
Jul 18, 2013
Two guys team up to raise a wife together, to show the children living next-door that they are responsible and have matured since that embarrassing encounter with the kids on that day they moved in, eight years ago.
A well-adjusted person has a job and occasional, satisfying relationships during his late twenties.
A kind,
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