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Dior, Chanel & the politics of fashion
The New Look on Apple+ reveals how fashion and politics are inseparably knit together.
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Kathleen Sykes

March 2024

AI, Sewing & Raging Against the Machine
How sewing machines give us some perspective on AI hysteria.
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Kathleen Sykes
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February 2024

9 historically-inspired Valentine’s Day gifts to drive your man wild
Most of them require some hair.
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Kathleen Sykes
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On being absent
And avoiding living my entire life.
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Kathleen Sykes
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December 2023

Society is Only as Strong as Its Town Square
The key to a better internet is a strong community, not a limited one.
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Kathleen Sykes
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What is truth?
What motivated Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s conversion?
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Kathleen Sykes

September 2023

Mitt Romney is uncool. That’s why people respect him.
Sen. Mitt Romney has realized just how lame he is. Although, I doubt he’d trade his life for anything cooler.
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Kathleen Sykes
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May 2023

The Buendía Family Curse
How collective amnesia drives a new iconoclasm.
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Kathleen Sykes
In search of the “Big Takeaway”
Art interpreting Covid-19: Reality, meaning, and the quest for a big takeaway in “these unprecedented times.”
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William Collen

April 2023

My one-year anniversary on Substack
Plus or minus a few days. I started off by talking about suicide. Naturally.
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Kathleen Sykes
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A whirlwind of a Weekly Rondo
I’ve been MIA. But don’t worry — I don’t have a good excuse.
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Kathleen Sykes
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March 2023

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