Symbols and Tropes
Weapons of War
The weapons of war are terrifying inventions that bring only pain. Heck, we remember a few teary-eyed moments from our youthful Nerf gun battles, and those are the toy versions of these weapons. As...
Trauma
Head GamesNo, we're not talking about a friendly game of Boggle or Scrabble. We're not even talking about unfriendly games of manipulation, gaslighting, or gossip. We're talking about the searing d...
Nature vs. No Man's Land
Hell On EarthNo Man's Land is not the kind of place you want to hang out—but we're guessing you figured that out when you saw that it was called "No Man's Land." It's a place so hellish that even...
Kemmerick's Boots
The New Shoe BluesThe excitement of new shoes is hardly reserved for Carrie Bradshaw. From sneakerheads presented with Nike Foamposites to your weird aunt presented with a comfy new pair of Birks (...
The Odyssey
Odd OdysseyIf Kantorek's case of crazy eye didn't distract you too much, you might have noticed the writing on the blackboard behind him. The phrase he's scrawled there is the first line of Homer's...
Rats and Spades
The Infamous Carbo-Loading Rats of WWINo one likes rats…with the exception of that Great American hero, Pizza Rat. But there's a world of difference between a subway-dwelling rodent with a love o...