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Fan Behavior

October 16, 2023 | Hannah Turner BK ‘23+1

The rise of social media has broken the monopoly of cable television. With just a cheap smartphone and a stable Internet connection, we create our own show. We put ourselves in a dome where we are the main character and our life is consumed by people across the world. We strive to be like Truman, forgetting that he was trapped.

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Shape and be Shaped, Loved and be Loved
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Shape and be Shaped, Loved and be Loved

By Raquel Sequeira, TD ‘21. Raquel is majoring in Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry.

At the start of each new school year, I find myself auditing my relationships: Who are my true friends that I will make the time to invest in this semester? Who are my fake friends—or friends I’ve been fake to? Who are the people that I wave to but don’t remember their names or where I know them from? I tally up the relationships I can’t wait to deepen this year, and those that I feel guilty about for my negligence.

Then I ask myself the more uncomfortable question: Who am I when I am with each of these people?

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  • William Blake Private Exhibition Tour

    THURSDAY, OCT 2ND, 10:30-11:30 AM, Yale Center for British Art

    Peter Wicks of the Elm Institute will guide us through the traveling exhibition ‘William Blake: Burning Bright’ at Yale Center for British Art. No previous experience with art or William Blake required. Meet in the Yale Center for British Art lobby.

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