{"id":1928,"date":"2026-05-31T20:16:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T03:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ecreates.net\/?p=1928"},"modified":"2026-05-31T20:32:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T03:32:30","slug":"dorm-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ecreates.net\/?p=1928","title":{"rendered":"Dorm\u00a0Disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-spectra-id=\"spectra-mpun1tdg-5zdbfy\" class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/is1-ssl.mzstatic.com\/image\/thumb\/Podcasts211\/v4\/e3\/05\/bb\/e305bbe9-8d39-cd49-cbd5-a09ebf703ba7\/mza_7704254434134000656.jpg\/1200x1200bf.webp\" alt=\"Rich Berry Episode 4 Part 2\" title=\"Dorm\u00a0Disorder\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What Boarding School After Dark Really Looks Like<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Television has been getting the boarding school story wrong for fifty years. I know because I lived in one for ten. 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