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Day: February 3, 2019

Sunday Morning! J.G. Ballard’s Shopping Maul mall

Sunday Morning! J.G. Ballard’s Shopping Maul

Rufus F. February 3, 2019
Rereading J.G. Ballard's final novel about consumers who turn to absentminded fascism when shopping loses its appeal.
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The Miracle Pot Pulled Pork Project bbq

The Miracle Pot Pulled Pork Project

Em Carpenter February 3, 2019
Believe it or not, you can make some amazing pulled pork in this thing. It’s not the...
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Guiltiest Feeling: The Sex Novel

Clare Briggs February 3, 2019
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