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Arielle Zibrak

Pleasure-y Guilts: The True Meaning of Christmas Movies

Pleasure-y Guilts Arielle Zibrak - 0
Holly is a dedicated social worker who can’t make time for love. Even as a teenager, she was the only one of her friends...
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On the Mat We’re Briefly Perfect: On Netflix’s “Cheer”

Bodies and Minds Arielle Zibrak - 0
There is a moment after a cheer team floats into their pyramid when they hang still in mid-air, creating the impression that time has...
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Dancing at Lizzo’s Wedding 

Bodies and Minds Arielle Zibrak - 0
I recently, unexpectedly, almost died. And then after that, I had to sit around in some of the worst pain I’ve known, thinking, as...
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A Version of “A Star is Born” that Could Have Won Best Picture

Popular Fictions Arielle Zibrak - 2
(This has all the spoilers if you want to watch the movie that Bradley Cooper made.) Basically all of my feelings about “A Star is...
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Sexy Beasts

Popular Fictions Arielle Zibrak - 0
As our world unravels hysterically around us, it is perhaps unsurprising that internet audiences have turned to seemingly lighter fare for succor. Netflix doesn’t...
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On Amish Time

Bodies and Minds Arielle Zibrak - 9
Awhile ago, having just moved to Ohio from the east coast, I decided to spend New Year’s Eve with the Amish. Well, not really...
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