Ancient Grains Archive
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Ancient Grains, Uncategorized
Sep 24, 2013
This is why your professor hated you, and probably still does.
"Remember to breathe when cisgender friends who think they’re being supportive describe trans men as 'female-bodied'.”
The world's loveliest and dirtiest profile of Edie Windsor.
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Thank You For Subscribing to The New Quandary
Ancient Grains, Humor
Sep 24, 2013
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“The best literary magazine ever produced in our basement!”: Parent of the editor and author of My Birth Certificate and Other Happy Accidents.
Greetings from the editors of The New Quandary! We’re so happy you’re here. Many people have asked us whatThe New Quandary is, to which we reply: “Mom, The
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A Tribe Called Red, “Electric Pow Wow Drum Remix” (Live)
Ancient Grains, Music
Sep 24, 2013
The world's best and most Canadian indigenous EDM group lost out at the Polaris Awards last night to Godspeed You! Black Emperor (who did not show up), but remain as dance-worthy as ever. They do not want you to keep
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The Fotherington-Vanderbilt Weiss Literary Arts Award Selection Committee
Ancient Grains, Humor
Sep 24, 2013
Welcome!
Congratulations on your acceptance into the prestigious ranks of the Fotherington-Vanderbilt Weiss Literary Arts Award Selection Committee!
We have prepared the following guidelines to aid you in your selection of a Fotherington-Vanderbilt Weiss Literary Arts Award shortlist. Please read them closely and follow them throughout your selection process.
Residency Requirement
How To Tell If You Are In A Haruki Murakami Novel
Ancient Grains, Books
Sep 24, 2013
Previously: how to tell if you are in an Iris Murdoch novel.
An elephant mysteriously vanishes. A giant frog is waiting in your apartment. Your cat mysteriously vanishes. Two moons hang in the sky. Your wife mysteriously vanishes. A strange man comes to you and asks you to find a sheep, or
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Lullabies for Misandrists
Ancient Grains, Misandry
Sep 24, 2013
When I'm worried and cannot sleep
I count all the male peers I've already outstripped professionally and laugh a full-throated laugh
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(To the tune of John Mayer's "Daughters") Women, make more than your husbands Husbands will sob when you do***
Baa, baa, black sheep Have you any wool? Yes, ...Read More
Gift Ideas For the Rich Idiot In Your Life
Advice, Ancient Grains
Sep 24, 2013
Okay, make that one gift idea.
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Head-to-Head Heartbreak: The Saddest Dads in Soft Rock
Ancient Grains, Dads
Sep 23, 2013
There are a great many sad songs in the world, but it is my belief that only the sad songs you heard as a child can truly speak to the strange and the inchoate sadness in your individual soul. If you grew up on Billy Joel, only Billy Joel can break your
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