Books, Film & Television

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 […]

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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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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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6 Fake Movie Bands That Should Release An Album

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

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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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Mogul

I’m always seeking out new, interesting Podcasts. Regardless of the length of your daily commute, there’s usually a Podcast available to fit your time-frame. Recently, I’ve been listening to Gimlet […]

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Man, I Feel Like a (Wonder) Woman!

I went to see Wonder Woman the other night. It was, as I’d expected, given the massive amounts of press, excellent. Here are two reasons why I liked it, and how […]

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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

If you liked David Grann’s The Lost City of Z, then […]

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Wumps and Pollutians

Who here remembers reading Bill Peet’s The Wump World? A masterfully illustrated statement on the effects of pollution and the tragedy of the commons, The Wump World is easily one of my favorite […]

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“The Journalist and the Murderer”

When citing ethical conflicts in journalism, many of my Professors have been quick to reference Joe McGinniss, author of the true-crime, Helter Skelter-esque novel Fatal Vision. Some necessary background information: […]

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Spring Break Beach Reads

Each Spring Break, I make a concerted effort to do all of that pleasure reading I couldn’t do during the semester. With a heap of English assignments, I find myself putting […]

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Which British procedural are you?

You know me– I can’t get enough of a good thing, especially British procedurals! What is it about detectives, British accents and requests for tea? I’m really asking. I’d love […]

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Up and Vanished

I don’t think it’s possible to convey how essential suspenseful podcasts have become to my existence and functionality as a human. My Favorite Murder gets me to, and through, the gym. Sword […]

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Six Degrees of David Hampton

Imagine this: You’re in your apartment. It’s nighttime and the weather is mild– the typical early spring-late winter deal. You smile at yourself in the mirror. #tooblessedtobestressed is right. You can’t […]

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