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Research Offered Me a Future

by Izzy Nunez | Apr 28, 2025 | Placeless

My birth story is one that my mom shares every year —she saw Lorelai do it in a Gilmore Girls episode.

Rebelling (or: Feelings Don’t Care About Facts)

by Anna Jeffries | Apr 27, 2025 | Placeless

Progressive politics have lost their narrative voice.

The Best Sport You’re Not Paying Attention To

by Sam Koster | Apr 25, 2025 | Placeless

Being a grown adult at a roller rink can be a bit of a trial as the primary attendees of roller rinks are families of young children hosting birthday parties.

‘Of Mice and Men’ and Me

by Sophia Medawar | Apr 24, 2025 | Placeless

“In the world, but not of it.” This gosh darn phrase is so flippin’ vague.

What to Do When Your Favorite Show Finishes a Season

by Mitchell Barbee | Apr 23, 2025 | Placeless

I’ve looked to replace the level of obsession I had for the show with another, but struggled.

I Can’t Shut Up About My Shell Pot

by Savannah Shustack | Apr 22, 2025 | Michigan

The urge to stick shells to objects is nearly irresistible.

To Cope with the Situation, All My Friends Started Birdwatching

by Emily Joy Stroble | Apr 21, 2025 | Placeless

I’m very supportive. I nod encouragingly. Even though a part of me expects that I am being had.

Who’s Asking, Anyway?

by Hannah McNulty | Apr 19, 2025 | Placeless

Expressing a need isn’t always the same thing as asking someone else to fulfill it, even if you wouldn’t turn down an offer.

Spring: The Most Underrated Movie Season

by Isaac DeBoer | Apr 18, 2025 | Placeless

This movie’s spring cleaning for your heart.

Watching Greatness (and Struggling to Know How to Achieve It)

by Noah Schumerth | Apr 15, 2025 | Placeless

At some point, why keep setting yourself up for failure and shame again and again?

How to Get a Badreads Review from Me, Part Two

by Noah Keene | Apr 14, 2025 | Placeless

The story’s incoherent, the characterization paper-thin, and a potentially compelling mystery reaches a breathtakingly unsatisfying conclusion.

Winey Wednesday

by Olivia Harre | Apr 13, 2025 | Placeless

They’re always an adventure, our Wednesday chats.

We Will Get Louder

by Liana Hirner | Apr 12, 2025 | Placeless

I wasn’t expecting a woman to lean out the passenger window, pointing at us passionately as she exclaimed, “I’m so proud of you!”

Love That Backpack Dog

by Gabrielle Eisma | Apr 11, 2025 | Placeless

I look at my feet and then at my dog’s feet, all tucked into the backpack she is patiently waiting for me to let her out of.

Nostalgia and Community in Three Card Games

by Philip Rienstra | Apr 10, 2025 | Placeless

As awful as Nintendo can be, the charm of Pokémon is undeniable.

What Died Didn’t Stay Dead: A Taylor Swift Worship Experience: Holy Week Edition

by Josh Parks | Apr 8, 2025 | Placeless

She can come to the phone right now, because if she has died, she has also risen.

We’re Moving (Or: About Hope)

by Kate Wilmot | Apr 7, 2025 | Grand Rapids

We wandered our neighborhood, spending nothing to play pickleball on the tennis courts north of us and to watch the sunset from the hill to the south.