Elena Sheppard
cultural critic
Elena Sheppard is a writer and cultural critic pursuing her MFA in nonfiction at Columbia University. You can follow her on Twitter @eleshepp.
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An earnest plea to rethink realistically violent Halloween costumes
I understand this holiday is not meant to be taken seriously. But any cultural trend that could further desensitize us to our brutal reality feels at best, unnecessary.