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carmichaelaveryjane

Writer & Student

Maniac

What do you get when you combine Emma Stone, Jonah Hill, mind-altering substances and an alternative 1980s universe? Netflix’s newest original programming, Maniac. Per usual, it was a Sunday night […]

Books, Film & Television

Educated

How does one survive in a survivalist household? When your only role models proclaim that the government is sinful, and that public education is a plot to control the populace? […]

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Discovering Parts Unknown

Anthony Bourdain, from what I know of him, possessed an insatiable lust for food and travel, a desire for human connection, and the will to share lesser known traditions, cultures […]

Hostess with the Mostest

How To Host the Perfect Royal Wedding Party

It feels like just yesterday that I was up like a shot at 6AM, eagerly awaiting the procession of guests for Kate and Will’s fairytale confection of a wedding! Her […]

Books, Film & Television

A Quiet Place and Maternal Identity

I’m surely not the only person who noticed that the creatures in A Quiet Place look like those pesky Demogorgon. Correct? Whether it’s the slimy, mucus-like texture of their muscular […]

Stylin'

Top 5 Skin Products for Transitional Weather

Tentatively, I’d like to declare that spring has sprung, and that the sun is officially out, for good! Please, please, let there be no more ‘bomb cyclones.’ (Why had I […]

Future

What Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Taught Me About Technological Binging

It’s no secret to those who know me that I […]

Books, Film & Television

We Should All Be Watching Queer Eye

All things just keep getting better, and that couldn’t be more true about Netflix’s reboot of Queer Eye. I have managed to scarf down eight episodes in two days, and I […]

Stylin'

My Marrakech Souk Shopping Guide

I visited Morocco back in December, and I’m still recovering from the absolute glory that was Marrakech and the Sahara. It’s a wonderful place to visit for adventurers, scholars and […]

Books, Film & Television

Why Lady Bird is Every Girl and Her Mother

When I walked into the movie theater with my mother, I was surprised by how many mother-daughter pairs were simultaneously inching both away and towards one another. We were all seeing Lady Bird, […]

Books, Film & Television

6 Fake Movie Bands That Should Release An Album

Every once in a while, screenwriters incorporate fake bands into […]

Around Town

The Sound of Music Fun Facts

My family and I traveled to Vienna and Salzburg over Thanksgiving. It was an incredible trip with stops at palaces, Christmas Markets, Mozart concerts and more than one indulgence in […]

Hostess with the Mostest

Banana Cream Pudding

My wonderful cousin, Vaughan, hosted a Friendsgiving Dinner this past Sunday. It was intimate, cozy and felt like the perfect way to draw together a group of friends and family. […]

Can we get back to politics, please?

Charlie Brown and The Tubbs Fire

When Lucy yanks the football away from Charlie Brown, I imagine that his stomach drops. As Charlie rushes to kick the ball, instead of making contact with a hard but […]

Can we get back to politics, please?

“Come From Away” and Charlottesville

A lot is happening right now in our country, and […]

Books, Film & Television

A “Dunkirk” Matinee

Last weekend, I went to see Dunkirk at my local cinema. The weather was bad, so a 4:15 pm showing seemed apropos— rather than wasting away indoors, we decided to […]

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