Sam Lasky
The Ugly Business of Making Something Beautiful
When I look in the mirror I don’t often see a girl. I see an accumulation of parts pieced together into what most people think of as a...
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Sam Lasky
- Sep 15, 2020
- 3 min
Return to Monké
Return to monke. This phrase, roughly "translated", references a return to a simpler life. Recently it’s been circling the internet with...
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Sam Lasky
- Aug 27, 2020
- 4 min
Learning to be Okay
It’s gonna be okay, and this is how I know. When I was 14, I started high school with no friends. Three months later I had a whole new...
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Sam Lasky
- Aug 25, 2020
- 3 min
Every Kind of Love
I have never understood love. I’ve watched it play out on movie screens, in stories crafted at the hands of sappy romance writers (adults...
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Sam Lasky
- Aug 23, 2020
- 4 min
Standing O for Quirky Male Protagonists
My friend once told me I had an addiction to movies starring quirky teenage boys. I think we can agree that this isn’t something you...
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Sam Lasky
- Aug 21, 2020
- 4 min
Poetry Mondays (A Free Virtual Cult)
I’ve been writing poetry since seventh grade English class, when our teacher assigned it as a unit. I recall, at her announcement, the...
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Sam Lasky
- Jul 25, 2020
- 3 min
The 21st Century Time Crunch
In college, we are all victims to the time crunch. Whether it’s leaving a show half-finished, stressing over plans going off schedule, or...
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Sam Lasky
- Jul 15, 2020
- 3 min
From Dirt Water to Delicacy
When I was little I thought coffee was made by soaking water in dirt. I couldn’t believe people drank such a concoction for breakfast,...
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Sam Lasky
- May 22, 2020
- 3 min
On Learning How to Date Without Dating (You Said What?)
Dating is like school, where you discover what subject (person) you like by taking all the classes (dating many people). But I’ve never...
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Sam Lasky
- Apr 15, 2020
- 4 min
The Foreign Side of Netflix
Netflix is no stranger to producing hit American TV, but have you ever browsed through their foreign show selection? All across the...
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