Micah McClarty, Editor-in-Chief

“Youth Against Christ” is pointlessly and paradoxically ignorant

“[I]t is impossible for a man to begin to learn that which he thinks that he knows.” -Epictetus, Discourses 2.17.341 Late in Dec. 2025, I saw a film that changed my life—Wake Up Dead Man (2025). Marketed as Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025), the third installment...

Though its predecessor is clearly superior, “How Did We Get Here?” is a charming album that showcases The Figs’ ability to experiment with folk

A final editor’s column: the cycle of lemonade stands, dandelions, columns, and goodbyes

I don’t like columns. If you’re unfamiliar with the term, or at least unaware of how it’s defined by The Central Trend, a column is a short opinion piece that is less a reporting story and more of a poetic one. The piece can be about almost anything, giving the writer near-unlimited creative freedom—and, consequently,...