25+ Jane Austen Memes for Pride and Prejudice People

I’ll admit it, I was in a stage production of Pride and Prejudice in college and I did a horrible British accent. It was a pretty poor production overall, but hey it was in the basement of a dorm building so you can’t expect that much. But the text remains a classic for a reason. …
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25+ Writing Memes for First Draft Heroes

I think most folks would agree that showing up to the page can be the hardest part of the writing process. We think we need the right cocktail of inspiration, free time, and motivation. But it’s rare that those three things appear at the same time. It’s a boring truth that what it really takes …
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30 Worm-Tastic Dune Memes to Celebrate Dune 2

The long-awaited Dune 2 hit theaters this Friday, and folks had a lot to say, especially about the popcorn bucket. It’s already being hailed as one of the best sequels of all time, which is a huge feat considering I haven’t seen a good sequel since High School Musical 2. But audiences are clearly taken with Dune’s potent mix of …
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‘A random fact I love: Pickles’: 20+ ridiculous times people didn’t understand dating app prompts

It’s a well-documented fact at this point that dating apps are a miserable place to be.  For every couple that found their happily ever after by swiping right or sending a like, there are a thousand singletons who are wondering what the heck they must have done in a past life to deserve the karma …
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‘I have seen students who can’t write a complete sentence’: Teachers share the innumerable ways their students are significantly behind

It’s no secret that many kids are getting left behind in the education system. When I was a kid, America was all about not leaving kids behind in this exact setting (when I was a kid, I thought it was about getting left behind at the grocery store), but now that it’s been 20 years …
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‘The endgame is Fahrenheit 451’: School district requires parent’s permission to read a book by an African American author

Books and libraries are in the middle of a culture war in the United States right now; you’re living under a rock if you don’t know that. Books are being banned in K-12 school libraries all across the country, and they’re being banned for increasingly absurd reasons. Parents are concerned ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠that their kids are reading …
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30+ Percy Jackson Memes For Half-Blood Demigods

If I know one thing about Percy Jackson fans, it’s that they’re ravenous. They want new Percy Jackson media, and they want it now. They love this series of books, and that love persists from childhood to adulthood. My friend Grace was the biggest Percy Jackson fan when we were kids. It was so severe …
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25+ of the Best Reading Memes of the Month (January 31, 2024)

The question of whether reading is an actual hobby has come up a lot in online discourse recently. There’s this idea floating around that reading in of itself doesn’t qualify as a hobby because it’s just another form of «media consumption.» Advocates of this theory claim that writing about books or analyzing literature counts as …
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‘Y’all see movies when reading?’: Book lovers discover aphantasia, realize not everyone reads the same

Reading is a beloved pastime. It connects us to the past, to our imaginations, and to our fellow man. It’s also just a great way to entertain yourself for a couple hours. But not apparently everyone experiences the same thing when they read. I personally see flashes of images and sound– not totally crystal clear, …
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25+ Philosophy Memes to Look at While You Consider the Trolley Problem

Ah, the old chestnut of the trolley problem. The age-old quandary that rattles every budding philosopher’s brain. Is it better to flip the switch and save five people? Or do nothing and save just one? There are endless riffs and variations on this question and even more ways to answer it. It’s a great discussion …
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