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Mimesis | Consumption Challenges are Gross

By Chloe Woodruff, Staff Writer • April 12, 2024

Mimesis is a biweekly blog that analyzes literary and media texts through a philosophical and narrative lens.

Meaning at the Movies | Lady Bird: Longing & Leaving

By Lauren Deaton, Staff Writer • April 12, 2024

In this edition of Meaning at the Movies, staff writer Lauren Deaton explores what makes “Lady Bird” her favorite movie and all it has taught her about herself

Mimesis | ‘Whiplash’: A Life in Art

By Chloe Woodruff, Staff Writer • March 28, 2024

Mimesis is a biweekly blog that discusses media through a philosophical and narrative lens.

Mimesis | ‘Animal Crossing’: Cozy is as cozy does

By Chloe Woodruff, Staff Writer • March 6, 2024

In this edition of Mimesis, staff writer Chloe Woodruff reflects on a long-forgotten relic of the COVID-19 pandemic — the cute and cozy atmosphere of “Animal Crossing: New Horizons.”

Mimesis | ‘The Picture of Dorian Grey’: Baby’s first gothic novel

By Chloe Woodruff, Staff Writer • February 16, 2024

Mimesis is a biweekly blog that analyzes media through a philosophical and narrative lens.

Mimesis | The Barbie Cinematic Universe: On Upbringing and Orchards

By Chloe Woodruff, Staff Writer • February 2, 2024

Sylvia Plath famously wrote in “The Bell Jar” that the narrator, Esther, saw all her possible futures as fruits on a fig tree. She envisioned herself as an academic, a career woman and a mother. Unable...

Mimesis | ‘Saltburn’: I Think, Therefore I Am Not

By Chloe Woodruff, Staff Writer • January 19, 2024

Mimesis is a biweekly blog that analyzes media through a philosophical and narrative lens.

Mimesis | Time: The Conscious Loss of Linearity

By Chloe Woodruff, Staff Writer • November 13, 2023

A summer retrospective, Mimesis laments the flow of time in an account of “Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.”

Mimesis | Appetite: Moshfegh’s Approach to Hunger and Humanity

By Chloe Woodruff, Staff Writer • October 22, 2023

In its first edition, Mimesis explores Ottessa Moshfegh’s hit novel, “My Year of Rest and Relaxation,” discovering the dark desires at its core.