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Sarah Borus

Closeup of American actor Patty Duke smiling in a still from the television series 'The Patty Duke Show'.

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Sohini Desai

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Lucy Bloom

View from East 34th St Bridge, overlooking perhaps the world's most impenetrable highway interchange. I took a series of photos of it because I thought it was funny that there is not a single angle that captures all of its terminals.

Sorry, You Only Get One This Year

Owen Lewis is a former Defector intern and has written for The Guardian, The Second Serve, The Athletic, and other publications.

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Heather Chen is a former Defector intern and the managing editor at the Columbia Daily Spectator. She loves hockey, photography, and the good ol’ state of Michigan.

Heather Wei-Xi Chen

MOVIE GAG: CHILD ACTOR BOBBY 'WHEEZER' HUTCHINS OF THE OUR GANG TROUPE HITTING A MAN OVER THE HEAD WITH A HAMMER.UNDATED PHOTOGRAPH, CIRCA 1920s.

The Baby Photo Takeover Continues

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