Archive - Shenny

We're back from summer hiatus with a post not even about acting, but about deciding to act. Plus: J O N I M I T C H E L L!

Sep 4

July 2024

Writing Advice I Learned At My Artists Residency

6 bits of wisdom gleaned from the depths of this memoir project.

Jul 17

June 2024

7 Things I Wish I'd Been Taught about the P-Word

It's a puzzle and the science behind its consumption is complex, so why can't we frame it as such?

Jun 12

May 2024

S03E03: 'David Madden's Day Off'

I didn’t enjoy people anymore, and I didn’t like much else. Where had I gone? A day off was one way I might answer that question.

May 29

Our Campus Encampment

Reports from 'the front lines', plus music endorsements at this, the end of the world's longest semester.

May 16

What's Another Word for Doing It?

And what does it mean that we have more words for sex than gender?

May 1

April 2024

How to Find Your Purpose in Life

This one's about God and churches and Keith Haring and poetry and everything bagel seasoning.

Apr 17

Fifty Issues, Fifty Years Ago

What does it mean, what does it all add up to? Here's a commemorative issue toward some kind of answer, with a memoir about 1974.

Apr 4

March 2024

Forms of Insecurity, 2024

The insecurity is mine, and lately it's in overdrive.

Mar 20

Are You a Story Chauvinist?

Plus: synth music & queer revisionist history to fight our growing conservatism.

Mar 7

February 2024

My Turn at Mayo Clinic

Plus: Moby Dick as nonfiction and The Point asks, What are men for?

Feb 21

If You're a Sex Addict, Don't Read This One

...or just skip to the part about Zelda, which is the real addiction.

Feb 7

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