The Five Stages of Grief: One Direction Style
I’m 23 years old but between you and me, I’m crazy about One Direction. So you can imagine the extreme devastation I experienced when I found out that Zayn quit the band nine days ago. I know that the news has been hard on everyone, but it’s especially been rough… [Read More]
↑ Streamer’s Log: Periscope Up ↑
As a veteran explorer of new social media networks, I recently felt there was no frontier left for me to discover. I’d seen it all, from location-based dating apps that track your every movement to gif-generating photo sharing platforms with limited audiences. Last week, however, I took my right earbud… [Read More]
The Unbearable Vagueness of Bloodline
Netflix recently released its newest original drama, Bloodline, a dark family drama masquerading as a dark crime drama. It was received with mixed reviews, the foremost criticism being that it’s somewhat vague. A family has a secret. A stranger comes into town. Siblings fight. Things fall apart. It’s an oft-told… [Read More]
Quiz: Superhero Movie Subtitle or EDM Concert
Superhero movies and EDM concerts have a lot in common. They are dumb, they make a lot of money, people die, and they advertise themselves with grandiose, intergalactic, and ambitiously meaningful words. As we approach festival and blockbuster season, we’ve put together a little quiz to test whether you can… [Read More]
The Unofficial Guide to Playing Music at Parties
Much like sports or politics, music can be very divisive. Living room debates about how such and such song is better than another, or how so and so’s new album would have been a classic if x, y and z, are just part of the listening experience for many. And… [Read More]
The Awful Reality of Rooting for Your Team to Lose
The simplest canon of sports fandom is the unwavering support we exhibit for our favorite teams. It’s a constant that remains, regardless of circumstance, the driving force behind why we watch. If our team is playing, we are cheering for a victory. The decision is so far out of our… [Read More]
20 Leo DiCaprios Walk into a Room
The first meeting after the end of awards season was always brutal. If they were lucky they didn’t lose any members, but usually there was always one or two. It was worst for the ones who had been nominated and were returning empty-handed. Months of campaigning where, even when they… [Read More]
Women IRL? Not Really
The other day, I was sitting at my kitchen counter, working on my laptop (read: Facebooking), and eating peanut butter toast. Considering my track record, I deserve a medal of bravery for eating or drinking anything within feet of my laptop. However, I am a humble individual, so I enjoyed… [Read More]
Can Comedy Connect on Netflix?
As Netflix’s latest play in the War on Broadcast Television, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Tina Fey’s long-awaited pet project, hit their servers two weeks ago. The show’s premise is delightfully bizarre—Kimmy Schmidt and her fellow “mole women” are released from their bunker after 15 years of imprisonment and into the harsh… [Read More]
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’s Optimism Is Exhausting
Netflix’s latest addition to its comedy programming, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, is about the smiliest woman-child who was abducted and subsequently set free in arguably the saddest city in America. It is also everyone’s favorite show at the moment. It’s quotable, witty, and the perfect antidote for those of us who… [Read More]
