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One Man’s Fairy Tale Ending – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on August 8, 2019August 8, 2019

The issue is what Once Upon a Time in Hollywood culminates to in terms of a message and moral. Certainly, Inglourious Basterds culminates to a message we can all agree on: Nazis fucking suck.

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Turning 21 for 22 – Isabel Rae McKenzie, Writer

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on August 4, 2019August 5, 2019

I know I’ve always been able to form very honest and sincere looking words. Actually writing them for the first time and putting myself on the page and seeing myself?

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Why I’m Here – Yennaedo Balloo, Writer

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on August 1, 2019August 2, 2019

The ‘why’ that’s going to hold out for me is that if I’m not embodying this then I might as well not be here. What the fuck is the point of staying alive if I’m not going to try to make the world around me better in even a small way?

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Our Responsibility

  • by nigelwalsh
  • Posted on July 29, 2019July 31, 2019

Our mainstream American culture is inundated with cheap, meaningless, and unoriginal storytelling, journalism, and commentary. I need my fellow citizens to be wise and informed to steer our nation into a dynamic future.

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Now Welcoming Contributors

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on July 27, 2019July 27, 2019

If you’re interested in writing for Optional Irony, contact me through Twitter (@optional_irony) or by email: optional.irony@gmail.com.

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All You’ve Gotta Do Is… – Loryn Stone, Writer

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on July 16, 2019July 16, 2019

“I’m not going to get anywhere worrying about a reality that doesn’t exist. To quote The Truman Show: we accept the reality with which we’re presented. If it’s not in front of my face, I don’t see it.”

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The Boys on the Jungle Gym – Matt Burroughs & TehBen, Writers

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on July 1, 2019July 1, 2019

At the start of 2018, writer and editor Loryn Stone undertook a very simple yet…

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  • On Writing

Personal Updates – Spring in Review

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on May 11, 2019June 20, 2019

-it adds up and you’ve gone out on a journey somewhere new, somewhere wonderful.

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Splinters & Scars – Evan James Clark, Author

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on April 25, 2019June 20, 2019

Art is what we need to make the world valuable. I think the world might exist for the sake of art. I’m going to go with, ‘joy.’

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Lost – a Never Novella Review

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on April 18, 2019April 18, 2019

“All children, except one, grow up, and for the rest it remains tough going.” An…

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