Camille DiBenedetto | The Smart Set https://www.thesmartset.com A magazine of arts & culture from Drexel University Fri, 21 Jun 2024 14:41:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 Out of Hiding https://www.thesmartset.com/out-of-hiding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=out-of-hiding https://www.thesmartset.com/out-of-hiding/#respond Mon, 24 Jun 2024 11:30:00 +0000 https://www.thesmartset.com/?p=64732 This piece contains detailed discussions of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), including descriptions of intrusive thoughts, compulsions, and rituals that may be distressing to some readers. If you are sensitive to content about mental health conditions, particularly OCD, or if you find such topics triggering, please proceed with caution. When I first came across Emma Noyes promoting […]

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]]> https://www.thesmartset.com/out-of-hiding/feed/ 0 Pulling Out the Pedestal https://www.thesmartset.com/pulling-out-the-pedestal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pulling-out-the-pedestal https://www.thesmartset.com/pulling-out-the-pedestal/#respond Mon, 04 Mar 2019 16:14:10 +0000 https://www.thesmartset.com/?p=41870 Romantic comedies are not new to us. You know the story: boy meets girl, girl likes boy, romance ensues. Boy or girl leaves before realizing that they’ve made a big mistake and the two of them are destined to be together. Cut to a chase scene: they run towards one another at a wedding or […]

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]]> https://www.thesmartset.com/pulling-out-the-pedestal/feed/ 0 Ode to Olivia https://www.thesmartset.com/ode-to-olivia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ode-to-olivia https://www.thesmartset.com/ode-to-olivia/#respond Fri, 16 Nov 2018 13:48:49 +0000 https://www.thesmartset.com/?p=41280 Originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Olivia Gatwood is a poet, performer, and educator. A Brave New Voices, Women of the World, and National Poetry Slam finalist, her poetry has been featured on HBO, Huffington Post, MTV, VH1, and BBC. Her latest book, New American Best Friend, reflects her experiences growing up in both New Mexico […]

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]]> https://www.thesmartset.com/ode-to-olivia/feed/ 0 Pondering Plath https://www.thesmartset.com/pondering-plath/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pondering-plath https://www.thesmartset.com/pondering-plath/#respond Thu, 25 Oct 2018 11:30:38 +0000 https://www.thesmartset.com/?p=41151 Sylvia Plath has a way of showing up in everything I do. I find her in the essays I write, the things I say, the movies I watch — even the clothing I choose to wear. She is ever-present, ever-changing, working her way into my writing and conversations. I spoke with Emily Van Duyne, a […]

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]]> https://www.thesmartset.com/pondering-plath/feed/ 0 The Banal and the Beautiful https://www.thesmartset.com/the-banal-and-beautiful/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-banal-and-beautiful https://www.thesmartset.com/the-banal-and-beautiful/#respond Mon, 24 Sep 2018 11:30:03 +0000 https://www.thesmartset.com/?p=41017 In the movies, makeovers are the answer to everything. Before, she is identifiable only by her big, bulky glasses and untamable, frizzy hair. She has no fashion sense, no boy sense, no social sense. No one notices her, no one pays attention. No one cares. Then, something happens. It doesn’t really matter what or how […]

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