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When Father Was Away on Business
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When the Wind Blows
Carries a strong pull into film through memory and South Asia.
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Prep
Carries a strong pull into film through memory and South Asia.
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When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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Purple Rain
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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When does generative AI qualify for fair use?
Carries a strong pull into books through identity and migration.
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When They See Us
2010s
The Central Park Five. Wrongful conviction and systemic racism told with devastating clarity.
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When the Wind Blows
1980s
When the Wind Blows is a 1982 book by Raymond Briggs, linked to United Kingdom and English. It keeps the reading field grounded in identifiable authorship and place.
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Purple Rain
1980s
The soundtrack to Prince's semi-autobiographical film. When Doves Cry and everything after.
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When Marnie Was There
2010s
During a Literature Club meeting, the four club members—along with their faculty adviser's niece—suddenly find themselves with supernatural powers. Now capable of fabricating black flames, resident chuunibyou Jurai Andou is the most ecstatic about their new abilities; unfortunately, his own is only for show and unab...
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When does generative AI qualify for fair use?
When does generative AI qualify for fair use? is a 2024 essay or critical text by Suchir Balaji, linked to a wider international field and English. It keeps the thought field readable as criticism, argument, and editorial context.
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Tomorrow, When the War Began
television series
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Prep
Curtis Sittenfeld's debut novel, Prep, is an insightful, achingly funny coming-of-age story as well as a brilliant dissection of class, race, and gender in a hothouse of adolescent angst and ambition.Lee Fiora is an intelligent, observant fourteen-year-old when her father drops her off in front of her dorm at the pr...
Music 2010s
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? is a 2019 album associated with Billie Eilish and Darkroom. It keeps the music field anchored in recognizable listening lines rather than anonymous album slots.
Anime 2000s
Mononoke
The "Medicine Seller" is a deadly and mysterious master of the occult who travels across feudal Japan in search of malevolent spirits called "mononoke" to slay. When he locates one of these spirits, he cannot simply kill it; he must first learn its Form, its Truth, and its Reason in order to wield the mighty Exorcis...
Film 2010s
Tomorrow, When the War Began
Tomorrow, When the War Began is a 2010 film from Australia, associated with Stuart Beattie. It keeps a wider cinema field of scale, memory, and regional contrast in view without reducing the title to a bare metadata shell.