Newly-minted Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s close associate Mark Judge has quite the YouTube history. Take a peek behind the curtain… and probably bring a towel. Though we all may have used whatever means at our disposal to block it out of our memories over the past month, Brett Kavanaugh is on the Supreme Court. […]
The Follicle Chronicles
To All the White Boys I’ve Ever Loved Before, Don’t get too cocky — not everything is about you. I am writing this to you because my grievances have everything and, ultimately, nothing to do with you. I mean, you’re a pretty great place to start, if anything, so I’ll give you that. There’s power […]
Casper…Is That You? (A Guide to Ghosting)
You’ve been talking to someone on Tinder that you really like for awhile. You think the conversation is going well, but suddenly the other person does not reply. A day goes by. Then two. Then three. Then a week. Then two weeks. “Did they die?” you ask yourself. Finally, you realize you’ve been ghosted. Upon […]
Why Article 13 Kills Content
Back in September, the EU approved a first draft of The Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, which is somehow even more boring to read than you’d think. Its goal is to set standards for how European nations enforce copyright laws on the internet. Through thorough definition of terms and outlining of procedures, […]
A Sore Spot: How Spotify has Harmed Music
When I’m blasting the new Logic album from every speaker in my tiny Civic, I don’t use CDs or tapes. These days, our entire music libraries are online, and apps like YouTube, iTunes, and Play Music represent a new way for producers to sell people songs, but the number one music app, as everyone knows, […]
Harry Potter and the Maelstrom on Twitter
If you aren’t a Potterhead, then you may or may not be aware of the origin of the Fantastic Beasts movies and their connection to the original Harry Potter books/movies. With the newest movie, The Crimes of Grindelwald, coming to theaters this month, the controversies surrounding author J.K. Rowling and her team have spiraled the […]
Astral Projections
A Look at the Stars with Muthuveera Maraimalai and Laurel Preston Comets, as you make your many orbits around the stars, trips around the sun, rounds through the sky, here’s a friendly reminder that Mercury retrograde will be ruining all of our lives soon. As such, here’s some advice curated for your sign: Mercury Retrograde: […]
7 Horror Movies to Binge on Halloween
The fog glistened in the luminescent light of the full moon. He ran breathlessly through the graveyard; his legs burning with the acidic buildup and his breath in the cold night creating a trail behind him for them to follow. He looked back — the dank environment enveloping his senses. I’m almost there he thought, […]
12 Steps to Getting Over Your Straight Crush
It’s the beginning of a new school year and you catch up with old faces while meeting some new. Things are going swimmingly until you inevitably meet The Bro in your science class who seems a little too comfortable with his sexuality and you find yourself falling in love — fast. Oh shit. 1. Questioning […]
Surviving Senior Year
So you’re a senior now. Or, I guess, statistically, you probably aren’t. I realize I’m severely alienating the great majority of my potential audience with that kind of lead, but well, it’s my senior year, and through a tragic mix of obvious character flaws and lack of motivation to address any of them, I’m incapable […]