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Myths if old men stepped down and let competent younger women take over
Apropos of absolutely nothing at all, I’ve been thinking about some tragedies from myth and how differently they’d have turned out if the senile old men…
Jul 23
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It's ok not to write through it
I don’t know who needs to hear this right now, but if thinking about the state of the world leaves you with an impending sense of doom and nauseating…
Jul 16
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Donna Zuckerberg
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Affirmations for Supervillains
Have you ever heard Snoop Dogg’s affirmation song? I can’t recommend it highly enough:
Jul 9
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Donna Zuckerberg
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What if those scary Roman dolphins... were actually orcas?
For the past four-ish years, a population of orcas near the Strait of Gibraltar has developed what seems to be the cetacean version of a TikTok trend…
Jul 2
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Donna Zuckerberg
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What if those scary Roman dolphins... were actually orcas?
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June 2024
My 10 Favorite Books About Greek Myth
You may have noticed that, for someone who writes a newsletter called Myth Takes, I don’t spend a lot of time retelling specific tales from myth. My…
Jun 25
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Donna Zuckerberg
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Don’t Look Now, But There’s an Ancient Roman Depiction of a Dolphin Under Your Bed
a (slightly updated!) inquiry, with pictures and Benjamin Franklin
Jun 21
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Donna Zuckerberg
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Don’t Look Now, But There’s an Ancient Roman Depiction of a Dolphin Under Your Bed
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Myths if they included traveling with kids
There wasn’t actually a prophecy about Laius being murdered by his son. Laius and Jocasta just tried to bring the infant Oedipus on an overnight camping…
Jun 11
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Donna Zuckerberg
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Early Access Thoughts on Hades II in Early Access
myth choices were made – but I'm always here for more witchiness
Jun 4
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Donna Zuckerberg
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May 2024
Male Writer Characters and Other Monsters
They say that you should write what you know, so it’s no wonder fiction is filled with stories about, well, writing. Writer characters can be found in…
May 28
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Donna Zuckerberg
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Gaze with me upon the horror that is AI's attempts to create a cute clumsy baby giraffe
Welcome, new readers! It seems like a lot of people hate running as much as I do, which is extremely validating. This is a safe space. You don’t have to…
May 24
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Gaze with me upon the horror that is AI's attempts to create a cute clumsy baby giraffe
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Deep down, I think everyone who claims to enjoy running is lying
One staple of school applications that I’ve never quite understood is the “describe yourself in five adjectives” exercise. I distantly remember having…
May 21
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Donna Zuckerberg
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Deep down, I think everyone who claims to enjoy running is lying
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MUST one imagine Sisyphus happy, though?
Did you know there’s an entire genre of video games where you play as Sisyphus, trying and failing to roll a boulder up a hill? It’s true! There’s this…
May 14
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MUST one imagine Sisyphus happy, though?
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