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My Roman Catholic Grandmother Was Also a White Witch — And She Left Me 30 Tarot Decks

A tarot reader lays out cards by candlelight as a young woman looks on — the kind of scene my grandmother made feel completely ordinary.

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Republicans Are Daring Oklahoma to Vote Blue — And It Might Work

An accidental masterclass in political self‑sabotage. By: A Former Republican Who’s Watching This Like It’s Reality TV Oklahoma Republicans have apparently decided they’re bored with

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I Voted for You. I Also Starved in This Country.

By Hope Sardella President Trump, I am writing this as someone who voted for you. I am writing as someone who believed you would fight

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When Did Selling Ourselves Become Normal? Millennials, Gen Z, and the Blurred Line Between Art, Autonomy, and Online Exploitation

There’s a cultural shift happening online — one we all feel but rarely name. Somewhere between the rise of influencer culture, the collapse of traditional

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Emily in Paris Is Charming – But It Doesn’t Make Me Want to Visit France Anymore

There’s something undeniably delightful about Emily in Paris. The colors, the clothes, the flirtations, the unapologetic sparkle — it’s a show that knows exactly what

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🌿 We Need More Johannas: Rethinking How We Support Artists in a World That Still Doesn’t Teach Them to Survive

By Hope Sardella Johanna van Gogh-Bonger is often remembered as the woman who preserved Vincent van Gogh’s legacy — the widow who inherited a stack

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THE MAKING OF CARTER J. WRIGHT

How a quiet kid with a guitar, a fire in his chest, and a thousand hours of grit became one of Oklahoma’s most compelling young

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Ovi Wood: The Unwritten Story of an Underground R&B Force

By Hope Sardella Walking Away Into The Light 🕯️ The Artist Nobody Has Written About — Until Now… Every once in a while, an artist

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Yes… I Am Hoperella

A Confession, A Transformation, and the Music I Was Born to Make By Hope Sardella I didn’t grow up believing I had a voice worth

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The Hidden Barrier to College Success: Why Stable Housing Matters More Than Anyone Admits

By Hope Sardella College is often sold as a ladder out of poverty—but what happens when the ladder is missing its first rung? For thousands

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