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In Defense of Ketchup

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By Quinn Burke
| The Isis Magazine Verified
‘Excuse me, could I have some ketchup?’ This is one of the most frequently used phrases in my life. I should probably learn to say it in other languages. ‘Disculpe, ¿podría darme un poco de ketchup?’ But, increasingly, I am questioning whether I should ask for ketchup at all. Should I even commit to the humiliation-ritual that is outing myself as that American—the one who needs to drown their food in a blanket of red familiarity, instead of submitting politely to whatever is on their plate.
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I Dated Oxford Men So You Don’t Have To.

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By Quinn Burke
| The Isis Magazine Verified
Eight weeks into my Oxford term, after enough pints to kill a Victorian child and enough small talk to power a minor political campaign, I have conducted an experiment. A social one. Or maybe just a nosy one. The guiding question: What are Oxford men like? My curiosity stemmed from the suspicion that whatever blonde-ness [1] I possess back home would be magnified here.
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IOTW: Calliope, Oxford’s eldest daughter

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By Quinn Burke
| The Isis Magazine Verified
Art historian John Rolfe was walking down an eerily quiet Broad Street in 2020 when he looked up and saw something peculiar: a crumbling Muse, or rather the ghost of one, teetering atop the Clarendon Building at the corner of Broad and Catte Street. The Clarendon is one of those Oxford buildings that looks as though it has always been there: severe and rectangular in its English baroque massiveness.
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