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Arina Pismenny is a philosophy PhD student at CUNY, the Graduate Center. Her work focuses on romantic love and she has authored a chapter in the upcoming Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Love.

Arina Pismenny is a philosophy PhD student at CUNY, the Graduate Center. Her work focuses on romantic love and she has authored a chapter in the upcoming Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Love.

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The Rights of Journalism

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Trust Me, I'm Google

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Play: A Serious Business

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Of Wonder and Terror

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Conquer Your Love!

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An (Extra)Ordinary Life

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Sew What?

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Drugged Up

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On Heresy

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Legislating Love

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In Defence of Gossip

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Why We Work Too Much

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Connecting the World

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Editorial: A Heretics' Feast

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What Killed the Space Race?

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Supply and Demand

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Divorce is the New Death

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Manufacturing Love

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Love Incorporated

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Screw the Fairytale

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Community, Tribalism and Facebook

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Christopher Hamilton On Kierkegaard and Tinder

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The Factory of Virtual Fantasies

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Trust, Technology and The Young

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Privacy and the Dark Side of Control

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Lost Ceremonies

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