Against my life-long New Year’s tradition of staying home, a cocktail of whimsy and persuasion pushed me to begin 2018 by road tripping across country with my partner. Over the course of about eleven days, riddled with countless to-go burgers and…
Does Rihanna Deserve the Video Vanguard Award
It’s a rainy day in Southwest Virginia. I woke up with the aching residuals of a chest cold and a gruff mood that carried into lunchtime. The wet air outside hung like a warning, not a smile in sight. As…
The following article contains spoilers from Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman (2017). With it’s immaculate Rotten Tomatoes score and mega hype on the box office front, I figured it would be foolish not to go see DC’s new Wonder Woman. And I must…
The following blog post contains 13 Reasons Why spoilers. Typically I allow hype for streaming series to die down before I divulge into them. And to say there was hype surrounding 13 Reasons Why would be a massive understatement. I honestly couldn’t open an…
The following article contains Orange is the New Black and The Real Housewives of New Jersey spoilers. There has been a lot of prison in my week thus far. After a couple weeks of slacking, I resumed watching the new…
Last Sunday’s American Music Awards dawned the return of Selena Gomez into the spotlight. After a few months off, Selena’s AMA red carpet appearance was her first since a low-profile stint in rehab. Gomez was reportedly struggling with issues of…
Returning to my second year at university has welcomed back a year’s worth of traditions. Communal living, shower shoes, deliciously starchy dining hall meals. After living at a quiet house all summer, the youthful atmosphere feels equally right and familiar.…
I was so excited to kick off the month with my article 13 Feminist Horror Flicks To Watch This October, certain I had planted a seed of femi-wisdom into the Halloween season. That excitement remained until a dear friend of mine politely inquired…
I’m unashamed. I’m not embarrassed. I’m even proud. I love Halloween. For many, October is a month-long celebration of all things oogey and boogey. Culturally, Halloween allows us to enjoy the subversive, spooky side of life without the expectations of…
The following article contains It (2017) spoilers. I felt like I waited my whole life to see Andrés Muschetti’s 2017 adaption of Stephen King’s legendary It. When the trailer surfaced earlier in the year, the anticipation to relive this childhood nightmare burned inside…