Magnolia Cook

by Magnolia Cook
May 5, 2017
in Analysis, News
tags Magnolia Cook, MGMT: The Management Is Still In Charge
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MGMT: The Management Is Still In Charge

by Magnolia Cook
May 5, 2017
in Analysis, News
tags Magnolia Cook, MGMT: The Management Is Still In Charge
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MGMT’s first appearance on the music scene was as unexpected as it was uncompromising. Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser showed up at a Wesleyan University college party as an inauspicious duo called “The Management,” playing nothing but a continuous loop of the Ghostbusters theme song for hours. The idea was to mock the pop culture music scene, mostly through the uses of irony and satire. Subsequent performances consisted of the boys dressing up in costumes,

by Magnolia Cook
June 6, 2016
in Opinion, Perspective for Hire
tags A New Definition of "Community", Magnolia Cook, Perspective for Hire

A New Definition of “Community”

by Magnolia Cook
June 6, 2016
in Opinion, Perspective for Hire
tags A New Definition of "Community", Magnolia Cook, Perspective for Hire

News pundits, politicians, teachers, and parents all report that the upcoming generation will grow into a world where the Internet and social media have fractured and divided communities into mass groups of isolated individuals. The likely truth is that we have reached a point that surpasses all others in recent memory in terms of community, and that there has never been such potential for these communities to impact the institutions

by Magnolia Cook
December 17, 2015
in Cadence, Creative Writing, Poetry
tags Magnolia Cook, MDMA

MDMA

by Magnolia Cook
December 17, 2015
in Cadence, Creative Writing, Poetry
tags Magnolia Cook, MDMA

Some people are hard, forceful, and mean. They are stacked of brick. Their words pool like cement in my head. You make me into something soft: a blanket, a spot by the fire, a warm embrace. You are a space in my mind, a place in my blood, a room in this body where even I feel welcome.

The word for it

You simmer In my synapses, You boil In my blood- If I had to Pick a word for it, I might just call it “Love.”

Cheating the System

My mom likes to tell a story about a letter she received from the state of California following her decision to keep me out of the public school system when I turned six years old, electing instead to become my teacher herself. She wrote to the education department requesting specific guidelines for keeping me on track with work that other children my age would complete, as well as advice on

by Magnolia Cook
April 13, 2014
in Analysis
tags Analysis, Becoming a Better Person, Magnolia Cook

Becoming a Better Person

by Magnolia Cook
April 13, 2014
in Analysis
tags Analysis, Becoming a Better Person, Magnolia Cook

It’s very easy for me looking back to identify the negative attitudes and thoughts that used to contribute to my unhappiness. My behavior was governed mostly by the feeling that I was owed something. I would become frustrated and irritable, going out of my way to do anything that would not lead to my own immediate gratification. These unhealthy expectations led me to take advantage of my parents and peers

Posts by Magnolia Cook

Magnolia Cook

MGMT: The Management Is Still In Charge

A New Definition of “Community”

MDMA

The word for it

Cheating the System

Becoming a Better Person