by Natalie “Lee” Arneson As we creep out of December and settle into the heart of January, it’s simple foods that begin to sound the most appetizing. With the cold keeping a firm grasp on the PNW, our energy declines and cooking can feel especially taxing some days. So, something […]
Feeding the Diaspora: Home Remedies for Cold Weather
by Natalie “Lee” Arneson As the cold begins to truly set in this November, I find myself craving a hot cup of tea more than any one dish. When the weather changes, my appetite tends to fluctuate between craving some specific food I don’t have or not finding anything appetizing […]
Cut Daisies Behind Closed Doors: America’s State of Grieving
Melisa Ferati In August, I lost a childhood friend and an uncle within the same week. The news of the two happened within four days of each other. It turned out that my friend had actually passed almost 3 weeks earlier, but my friends from back home wanted to wait […]
The Plant That Could Learn!
By Hero Winsor If you’ve ever been to the lab buildings on campus, you’ll know how much of a liminal space it is. Going down to the basement this is amplified. The long 70s corridors lead you down a hallway with hanging prints from the printmaking studio in lab II. […]
Crisis-Friendly Cooking: Mug Cake!
by Adam Nichols We’re finally on the last leg of the Washington Seasonal Depression era, and sometimes we just need a little nudge to make it through with our mental health somewhat intact. For me, this usually means making something sweet, and low-effort desserts are my favorite form of self-care. […]
Dear Annie (November 2021)
by Clara Riggio Dear Annie, I miss the sun, but every time it’s out we get loads of shitty little stink bugs soaking up heat on our living room window. Studying there is a nightmare when they keep crawling around in hoards, projecting the worlds most disgusting shadow puppet show […]
Crisis-Friendly Cooking: single-serving dishes for minimal cleanup and maximum comfort
by Adam Nichols Hello, hungry reader, and welcome to the crisis-baking column! Here I personally tailor recipes to serve a single distressed, depressed, or otherwise baking-inept liberal arts student, keeping accessibility of ingredients, number of dishes, and overall prep time in mind to give you a relatively easy, and hopefully […]
SPOILER WARNING: ‘Becoming Confused, Again’ with ‘Psycho 2’, a Review
by Brock Holes What better way to kick off Halloween season, and my tenure at Spoiler Warning than to review a bizarre and uncalled for sequel to a beloved classic? For this October column, I want to introduce the uninitiated to “Psycho II” (1983). Directed by Richard Franklin and scripted […]
Spoiler Warning: Go Play Disco Elysium. Now. Posthaste.
By Alice McIntyre The 2019 role-playing game “Disco Elysium,” developed and published by ZA/UM, is phenomenal. This column has been, and will continue to be, essentially a place for me to gush about media I like and think CPJ readers ought to check out. On this occasion, though, I really […]
Spoiler Warning: The Man Who Fell to Earth
Photo: The Man Who Fell to Earth, British Lion Films, 1976 by Alice McIntyre The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), directed by Nicolas Roeg and starring David Bowie, is a movie I constantly return to. Bowie plays an alien named Thomas Jerome Newton, who has arrived on Earth from […]