PRETTY PEOPLE DESERVE REPARATIONS | One TAKE

Recently, millions of people have been calling for reparations for black people who are descendants of slaves and I could not be more on board. For hundreds of years, African Americans haven't enjoyed a level playing field to build wealth and move through life as fully recognized human beings and now is the time to restore the balance in the form of reparations payments. The reparations conversation is long overdue.

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PORN STARS DESERVE TO GET D1 ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS: An Adriana Chechik Moment | One TAKE

This morning, I performed my ritual, one of my favorite parts of the day: washing the dishes while listening to a podcast. The episode of choice today was 2 Bears 1 Cave (hosted by comedians Bert Kreisher and Tom Segura) featuring as a guest the famous porn star Adriana Chechik.

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CROSSING THE LINE

The first taste of coke numbed Adam's bottom gum like he wished he could numb his heart. The breakup spiral was setting in, but not before he could paralyze the momentum with nostril therapeutics. As he rolled up the twenty dollar bill tighter than a nun's ass crack, Adam twice flicked the sides of the cash cylinder for absolutely no reason. It was just something he'd seen in movies.

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A MEMORANDUM ON MORTALITY

“A Memorandum on Mortality,” follows the neurotic Christian on his 41st birthday as he battles intrusive thoughts while distracting himself with social media and technology. He’s getting a ton of birthday posts, which is just awesome, and he’s hoping he can enjoy the day, if he can get out of his head and avoid his inner skeptic.

This gritty absurdist third person narrative explores the contemporary human condition of digital dependency, anxiety disorder, and antipathy towards aging. Woven with sobering life truths and sewn with hysterical satire, Christian undergoes a transformation that may be just what he needs to enjoy his birthday.

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