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‘The Bachelor,’ Week 6: Radical romance or contrived comedy?

Alanna Flores
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Feb. 18, 2019
n "Her Body and Other Parties," Carmen Maria Machado discusses the debilitating effects of trauma on the female psyche (courtesy of Graywolf Press).

‘Her Body and Other Parties’ gives shape to female stories

Shana E. Hadi
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Feb. 4, 2019
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The twilight years of Stephenie Meyer’s ‘Twilight’

Claire Francis
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Jan. 9, 2019
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Courtesy of Pexels.com

Hookup culture and demisexuality

Nina Knight
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Jan. 8, 2019
Anatoly Solonitsyn plays a renowned Russian painter in Andrei Tarkovsky's "Andrei Rublev" (courtesy of Janus Films).

In ‘Andrei Rublev,’ Tarkovsky contemplates artistry and reality

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Nov. 28, 2018
Arts & Life
This Thanksgiving, take time to check out these meaningful books (DELAWARE LIBRARIES/Flickr).

Reads of gratefulness

Arts & Life Reads beat writers, Sofia Schlozman, Carly Taylor, Sarah Kim, Katherine Silk, Scott Stevens and Shana E. Hadi
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Nov. 15, 2018
Craig Thompson muses on memory in his graphic novel "Blankets." (Courtesy of Craig Thompson)

Listening to the silence of memory in Thompson’s ‘Blankets’

Lily Nilipour
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Nov. 12, 2018
Speculative fiction is set in "The Uncanny Valley," where robots resemble humans (CHRISTOPHER DOMBRES/Flickr).

Speculative Fiction: the suspension of disbelief in “humanized” characters

Shana E. Hadi
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Nov. 8, 2018
Although it is commonly cited as a great love story, Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" really isn't a romance (MARK YORK/The Stanford Daily).

‘Romeo and Juliet’ Is NOT a Love Story: CHANGE MY MIND!

Mark York
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Oct. 25, 2018

‘Gruesome Playground Injuries’ is a grossly entertaining production

Alli Cruz
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May 15, 2018
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(Courtesy of Pxhere).

Love or something: notes from Florence episode six

Katiana Uyemura
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May 13, 2018
Tristan Frey (Joe Estlack) and Connie Hall (Ayelet Firstenberg) get to know one another in “The Effect” at San Francisco Playhouse. (Courtesy of Jessica Palopoli)

‘The Effect’ is an empathetic, contemporary cyberpunk exploration of love and science

Olivia Popp
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April 24, 2018
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Feeling lost? Ask Cardinal Directions

Cardinal Directions
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Feb. 15, 2018
Bowie (Farley Granger), left, and Keechie (Cathy O'Donnell), right, in 'They Live By Night' (Courtesy of RKO Radio Pictures).

‘They Live By Night’ uncovers a soft side to a classic criminal couple

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Oct. 17, 2017
Joshua Marx and Allison F. Rich in the final scene of 'New Girl in Town' (Ben Krantz Studios).

42nd Street Moon’s ‘New Girl in Town’ reinvigorates an old musical with a fresh take

Olivia Popp
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April 11, 2017
Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullavan hate each other but accidentally fall in love in Ernst Lubitsch's classic rom-com "The Shop Around the Corner" (1940). Courtesy of MGM.

Perf romance: Ernst Lubitsch’s ‘The Shop Around the Corner’ at the Stanford Theatre

Carlos Valladares
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March 15, 2017
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(DANNA GALLEGOS/The Stanford Daily)

After the swipe: How to date on Tinder

Arianna Lombard
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Feb. 15, 2017
Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone on a date night along the Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena in "La La Land," the new musical by Damien Chazelle. (Photo: Dale Robinette, Lionsgate.)

Southeast of Eden: An Angeleno’s take on Damien Chazelle’s ‘La La Land’

Carlos Valladares
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Dec. 18, 2016
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The illusion of agency in ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’

Anja Young
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March 3, 2015
Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan as Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey in "Fifty Shades of Grey." Photo courtesy of Universal Pictures and Focus Features.

Humor abounds in Sam Taylor-Johnson’s ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’

Will Ferrer
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Feb. 13, 2015
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