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Olivia Luchini
a writer. an editor. a clown.
Olivia Luchini
- Apr 5, 2022
Dramaturgy
I think I might have been cast As an unknowing understudy Under your direction and pinned Under the weight of your woes The main actress...
Olivia Luchini
- Mar 14, 2022
Pentobarbital
Stolen from the chain-linked pound Used to paw pads on cold, hard ground You brought me somewhere warm and light And with your heat I...
Olivia Luchini
- Mar 10, 2022
Hecatomb
My body was used for communion Consumed until there was no more Flesh or blood to ravage But I was not an offering My hair was not lamb’s...
Olivia Luchini
- Mar 10, 2022
Just A Babe
You did not want to take a lover Nor did you wish to be a partner And I – with my near-perfect vision Should have been able to analyze...
Olivia Luchini
- Sep 7, 2019
She-Ra reboot earns a lukewarm pat on the back for body positivity
Guess who's back? It is me, the one who wrote a bunch of articles about body positivity in children's media and then disappeared into the...
Olivia Luchini
- Aug 14, 2019
Loving Less and Loving More Are Uneven Sides of a Two-Person War
Life is caught between two polarized scenarios of loving someone more than they love you or having someone love you more than you love...
Olivia Luchini
- Jul 28, 2019
Stiff and Growing Stiffer
We don’t free-fall into the pit for a singular reason. In reality, the fall is brought about by a multitude of individual strikes to the...
Olivia Luchini
- Jul 24, 2019
The Summer the Crickets Sang in Fresno
When I graduated from the very university that everyone wanted me to go to and completed everything that anyone could want me to complete...
Olivia Luchini
- Aug 31, 2018
Avatar and Second Chances
Spanning from 2005 to 2008 with 61 episodes total, Avatar: The Last Airbender rocked the realm of children's entertainment for every...
Olivia Luchini
- Aug 28, 2018
The Sequoia Sisters
At the dawn of humanity, the people of Earth battled every emotion as if it were a blood-bursting war. From the purest joy to the deepest...
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