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Neon Genesis Evangelion & Losing Adolescence
At its surface, Neon Genesis Evangelion is a story about children in robots. Dig a bit deeper, it is a story littered with religious iconography and isolation. And at its core, it is a tale about adolescence, specifically losing it. Many people watch NGE and jump straight into the Freudian-ness of it all. I won’t…
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Identity Overexertion
In 7th grade, I went to the school counselor because I had admitted that I was experiencing anxiety. I blamed the whole feeling on my mother, who wanted me to continue swimming while I wanted to do theatre. I didn’t have much against swimming except for the fact that I wasn’t great. I was 13…
