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Buffy and the Myth of Cis

(The following is an essay I wrote for a Trans Studies course with Professor Stephanie Clare at the University of Washington. Ironically, I have since come out as gender fluid). At the formative age of eleven, I binge-watched all of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (BtVS). I was obsessed with superheroes and the supernatural, which drew…
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What is Enough? AI, Consumption, and Progress

AI is not pure evil, few tools are. There are people who benefit from AI. Engineers, obviously, are a group who benefit, in various ways. Writers also benefit by using AI to revise their work so that it fits particular standards. AI allows access to language that is not accessible to everyone. Not everyone has…