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The Language Trap: Writing Under Machine Suspicion
How chasing AI approval narrows both language and thought
Sep 4 • 
Neil Czeszejko
Projection Games: The Invisible Puzzle Your Brain Can’t Resist
Your mind’s invitation to play with shadows and whispers
Jun 5 • 
Neil Czeszejko
11 Compound Words for Feelings We Can’t Quite Name
A quiet taxonomy of words that close the distance between feeling and thought
May 20 • 
Neil Czeszejko
A Soft Bite: The Sweet Weaponry of Language
When language smiles, look for the teeth
May 11 • 
Neil Czeszejko
Names and Nuance: How Japanese Honorifics Shift Intimacy
What happens when English classics meet the subtle art of Japanese address?
May 7 • 
Neil Czeszejko
Pixelated Intimacy: Glitching Language in 'Romeo and Juliet'
Where words glitch and intimacy flickers
May 3 • 
Neil Czeszejko
Unreal by Design: How Grammar Frames the Mind
What happens to meaning when grammar stops playing by the rules?
Apr 30 • 
Neil Czeszejko
Corrupting the Neutral: Reimagining English Through Gender
How does language carve us into being?
Apr 19 • 
Neil Czeszejko
Knifetongue: Where Words Split, Scar, and Carve the Illicit
What happens when language reaches for the unsaid?
Apr 1 • 
Neil Czeszejko
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