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In Defense of Being Pretentious—That Is, Matty Healy
In Defense of Being Pretentious—That Is, Matty Healy
The Summer 2025 REPORT
a NAR Collaboration
Reading
Eating
Playing
Obsessing
Recommending
Treating
s the end of summer approaches, instead of looking down the barrel of back to school, we wanted to take a look back at our [obviously correct] opinions from the past few months. Enjoy this new REPORT featuring everything that kept us going this summer!
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Reading
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Lord of the Flies by William Golding
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A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
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The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
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Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
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Doppelgänger by Naomi Klein
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Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
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Carnality by Lina Wolff
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Slow Noodles by Chantha Nguon
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Whoever You Are, Honey by Olivia Gatwood
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The Cruel Kids’ Table by Brock Colyar
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Teaching Men Who Will Never Leave Prison by Brooke Allen
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The End of the English Major by Nathan Heller
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The Poison That Tastes Like Home by Souvankham Thammavonga
Eating
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Homemade hummus
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Mustard
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Indian street food
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Matcha
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Soup dumplings
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Boba
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Bento boxes
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Omurice
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Berries
Playing
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Hyperpop
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Tubing in Helen
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Outdoor running
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Discount movie Tuesdays
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Beabadoobee concert
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Ponce City Market
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Visiting a public library
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Suntanning
Obsessing
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Tarot readings
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Virgin by Lorde
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Pink Pantheress
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Beli
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The Subway by Chappell Roan
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Cherry-flavored things
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Superman dir. James Gunn
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Whipped sheep’s cheese
Recommending
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Reconnecting with yourself
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Materialists dir. Celine Song
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Japanese Breakfast
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Art museums!
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Long-form essays
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Poorly editing joke pictures instead of using AI
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Laptop photo booth rants
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Hattie B’s
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Sleeping before 12AM
Treating
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Mid-day office breakroom coffee
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Long walks at sunset
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Ice cream in waffle cones
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Fruit salads
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Little Tart
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Vintage jackets
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Good skincare
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Theatre at the Fox
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