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I Was Wrong About Baseball
by Priscilla Chang | Mar 18, 2026 | Placeless
Baseball revolves around the idea of failure. Batters are struck out left and right.
I Was Wrong About the Pill
by Carlisle Patete | Mar 17, 2026 | Placeless
The language around birth control these days seems as if it has been designed to deter young women from the medicine that liberated our mothers and grandmothers.
I Was Wrong About the Winter Olympics
by Nathan Hilbrands | Mar 16, 2026 | Placeless
Two weeks of flag waving and national anthem singing didn’t sound very enjoyable.
I Was Wrong About Smut
by Clint Wilson | Mar 15, 2026 | Placeless
Weaponizing the literary preferences of some women against other women may just be the latest in a long line of clever ways to keep the historic power dynamic between genders in place.
I Was Wrong About Being Introverted
by Noah Keene | Mar 14, 2026 | Placeless
Katie, John the Baptist, Caleb, Destiny, Emily, and Cailynn are all in engineering. I should probably let them know I have aspirin and a stress ball in my room if they need it.
I Was Wrong About Small Weddings
by Olivia Harre | Mar 13, 2026 | Placeless
Our people trekked from thirteen different states to sit in the wooden pews for that exact moment.
I Was Wrong About Heated Rivalry
by Liana Hirner | Mar 12, 2026 | Placeless
It looked like a low budget Wattpad-esque romance.
I Was Wrong About Card Games
by Eleanor Lee | Mar 11, 2026 | Placeless
Please, please do not ask me to play Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza. I don’t care what the cat or the goat or the pizza is doing.
I Was Wrong About Taylor Swift, Again
by Philip Rienstra | Mar 10, 2026 | Placeless
After a sequence of repeated failures, I’m now forced to consider the possibility that she is really, genuinely out of touch.
I Was Wrong About Valuing Freedom
by Michelle Ferdinands | Mar 9, 2026 | Sri Lanka
It wasn’t about the rules.
I Was Wrong About Birthdays
by Kate Wilmot | Mar 7, 2026 | Placeless
But something changed for me when my sister and I found a string of polka-dot bunting in a HEMA in France a little over a year ago.
I Was Wrong About Late Nights
by Emilyn Shortridge | Mar 6, 2026 | Japan, Placeless
Sleeping in feels more like some sort of sin.
I Was Wrong About Transness
by Alex Johnson | Mar 5, 2026 | Placeless
Similar to my experiences with the rest of the LGBTQ+ community, I didn’t really know that trans people existed for a long time.
I Was Wrong About Penance
by Grace Buller | Mar 4, 2026 | Placeless
Did I still want to be a journalist? Did I want to go into publishing? Did I want to go to grad school? If so, what for? History? Special education? Languages and literature? Some other field?
I Was Wrong About My Snake Plant
by Madeline Witvliet | Mar 3, 2026 | Michigan
Marla was making her way in the world.
I Was Wrong About Going to Waffle House on Valentine’s Day
by Christina Ribbens | Mar 2, 2026 | Placeless
I respect what mascots do from a distance but I do not want to be caught in their frozen, unblinking gaze, thank you very much.
I Was Wrong About Universes Beyond
by Sam Tuit | Mar 1, 2026 | Placeless
It would be weird if a LotR Magic set didn’t feature The One Ring in some way, and disappointing if it wasn’t a powerful card.
The Three New Yorks
by Anna Jeffries | Feb 27, 2026 | New York
When asked if I needed a bag, demonstrated to the shopkeeper that I could simply slot two full-sized wine bottles into the two outer pockets of my oversized winter parka.
Peter and the Starcatcher: Legacy and Inheritance
by Sam Koster | Feb 25, 2026 | Placeless
I got the Neverland stars tattooed on my wrist a few months later. I didn’t want to forget how special it all was.
Enter the Fools
by Sophia Medawar | Feb 24, 2026 | Placeless
Comedy is a tool that humans need to process and understand tragedy.
Questions Students Ask
by Savannah Shustack | Feb 22, 2026 | Placeless
Is there a point to anything, and if so, why?
My Not-a-Purity-Ring Ring
by Emily Joy Stroble | Feb 21, 2026 | Placeless
It is true that the love I offer to others is a precious and powerful thing.
*Record Scratch*
by Luke Brandsen | Feb 19, 2026 | Michigan
Now, where were we? Ah, yes, “Please, God.”
My Own Single’s Inferno
by Priscilla Chang | Feb 18, 2026 | Placeless
There’s no need to rush things.
Start of Something Colorful
by Carlisle Patete | Feb 17, 2026 | Placeless
What if the one thing I will wear til I die clashed with everything else about me?
A New Shape
by Clint Wilson | Feb 15, 2026 | Placeless
How do I shape what I’m seeing into a compelling narrative?
Charlie Kirk: America’s Ramsay Bolton
by Noah Keene | Feb 14, 2026 | Placeless
In truth, he devoted his life and his organization’s resources and influence to making America worse in every conceivable way.
The Small Days Before
by Olivia Harre | Feb 13, 2026 | Placeless
“This will all be worth it when we make it to the day.”
Sling: An Album that Embodies the First Signs of Spring
by Liana Hirner | Feb 12, 2026 | Placeless
After a smattering of global warming-induced fifty-degree weather in Chicagoland January, the bitter cold days that the Midwest is known for began to creep in. If given a choice, I’d much rather bundle up and deal with cold weather rather than sweat on a humid summer...
Christians and “The Great Divide”
by Eleanor Lee | Feb 11, 2026 | Placeless
From fall ‘22 to spring ‘23, it felt like everyone on campus and their cousin was listening to Noah Kahan.
