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What We're Watching, Vol. 10

Embracing wholesome plots and endearing characters, we look to shows that keep us content this month and share our binge-able favorites.

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Cute, Cozy, Readable Rom-Coms

Adding to the small joys of February, Attic writer M.A. McCuen shares a handful of romantic comedies that are perfect to read (yes, read!!) at the peak of winter.

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Meditation on the Beret

In a new fashion piece, film buff and writer Zoë G. Burnett discusses the meaning behind the ever elusive and Attic favorite, beret hat, along with a personal history and styling suggestions for the adventurous, or perhaps reclusive, among us.

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Four Nordic Recommendations To Indulge Your Winter Blues

Observing her own Swedish heritage, contributor Corinne Elicona discusses how she came to see winter as a time of personal growth and shares the Nordic media that led her to embrace the solitude of cold weather.

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Coffee Shops of The World: Toronto

In our first coffee guide of the new year, new contributor and university student Maria-Lise Dobri takes us on a tour of Toronto, sharing her favorite work and study spots.

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Five Things to Do This February

Jumping into the excitement of February from love to history to art, we’re sharing five things to do this month.

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Little Nightingales: Female Filmmaking in 2020

Writer Zoë G. Burnett takes on the state of female filmmaking in 2020 while examining Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, its shortcomings, and the directorial power of Jennifer Kent.

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What We’re Reading, Vol. 16

Settling into January, The Attic editors and writers share gifted reads, seasonal tomes, and new finds for a whole new year of reading.

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Discussing Little Women

As a favorite Attic novel becomes yet another film, we’re getting into everything to do with Little Women and Louisa May Alcott. In this classic Attic on Eighth piece, we discuss the novel and its most recent adaptation by Greta Gerwig.

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What We're Watching, Vol. 9

In the first What We're Watching of 2020, Attic editors and contributors gather to share the thrilling, comforting, and quirky series that are on our watchlists this January.

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Ten Books to Bring Into the New Year

As we wrap up our 2019 in books, Editor-at-Large Lauren Olmeda considers the ten favorite books of the year that she’s bringing into the new decade.

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Our 2019 in Books: Raquel Reyes

As 2019 comes to an end and we enter into 2020, we consider the reading that defined each of our years. In our continuing series, Creative Director Raquel Reyes looks at the multiple goals, obstacles, and genres that made up her year, and finally embracing the ultimate act of reading for pleasure.

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The Magical Language of Others is a Masterclass in Understanding

Exploring trauma, poetry, and family relationships, Raquel Reyes reviews E.J. Koh's coming of age memoir, The Magical Language of Others.

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Jo March for a New Generation of Little Women

Kicking off our series on Little Women, writer Camilla Danaher takes a look at Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott novel and considers how the director tenderly reframes the narrative to place Jo March and her writing at its center.

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Our 2019 In Books: Sam Cohen

Continuing our series with the books that made our 2019, Sam Cohen talks reading goals and standout titles.

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