Crash + Learn

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06/27/20 • 51 min

A pillar of twenty-something existence is failing. Wildly. Repeatedly. With grace and without grace. On your face. Publicly. Privately. This is our first (and most definitely not our last) foray into analyzing failure, what it means, how it's shaped us so far, and how we commit to it as an essential practice.

Topics included: Running a marathon five days after breaking up with toxic bf, elections for 10th-grade class president, rapping as a political strategy, jumping during tennis, capitalistic indoctrination, finding solace in Michelle Obama.

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2020 For the Gals

It’s a perilous trial like no other: New Years Eve night, doomed before it even began. We roared into the 20s in our 20s. A lot transpired on that night and a lot has transpired since. We analyze mixed signals, destructive expectations, and the fallacy of the chill girl trope. Then, we talk resolutions--because if NYE is anything, it’s a time for reflection, intentions, and doing many things wrong in a compressed amount of time. The party commences here. Topics included: The anatomy of a revenge outfit, maternal affirmation, organic dance moves, beer to the face

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Wait... Was That My Fault?

Responsibility from left field. You’re bouncing along, thinking you’re a crusader of truth and justice. “Pure intentions”. You’ve reached the Scott Disick mentality: “Maybe I’m just perfect and it’s everyone else that’s the problem.” And then all of a sudden, responsibility, the one you had shunned, smacks you in the face. Not so fast she says, you’re at fault too. This week, we each think about instances where responsibility is actually our prerogative. Then, we use social media beyond its means: Rainie tries to find a fiancé via tik tok and Darcy uses a fitness tracking app for poetry. Desperate times folks.

Topics include: The fibula, ballot backpack, anti-gaslighting club, villain-victim dichotomy, Instagram Pulitzer, the virtues and vices of analytics.

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