One night of doom scrolling on TikTok led me to a clip of Cabaret from the 1993 West End Revival. Admittedly, the clip first caught my eye because of a young Alan Cumming, but my focus quickly shifted once I became aware that someone in a gorilla costume was alongside him. I watched the clip through and was struck by the end at the last line delivered:
“But if you could see her through my eyes…
She wouldn’t look Jewish at all.”
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A sitcom from 2004 might’ve helped a number of Nickelodeon-watchers survive junior high, but what about a survival guide to college? Post-grad? How about life? How about (as per Jaden Smith) – the socioeconomic state of the world right now!? This feels unfair, Ned! Where’s the survival guide for that?! In your disappointing absence, I’ve tweaked your concept to meet our needs these days: Nat’s Declassified School Survival Playlist…
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I think it would be fair to say that most of us remember the groundbreaking controversy from a few years ago, when it was outed that actor Armie Hammer, best known for Call Me By Your Name and The Lone Ranger, was allegedly into cannibalism. The internet exploded at these rumors, with social media users rushing to cancel the actor and expressing their immense disgust at the accusations. However, with a multitude of media pieces in recent years centralizing cannibalism as a plot point, I dare to ask an emboldened question: Do we, as consumers, find cannibalism sexy?…
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You’re the next best thing. The biggest and brightest. The world leers its ugly, piercing eyes towards you and for a moment, however brief, the stage is yours. You may land the trick, or fall flat on your face, or perhaps stand frozen in the headlights—but, no matter what happens, your moment will pass. Then the world is onto its next unfortunate fad. And you are the old forgotten thing. And no one is anyone.
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I hate to break it to you, but your most beloved actors, musicians, and comedians have all likely done hard drugs. Netflix even recorded it.
In the mixed-reviewed documentary Have A Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics, celebrities recount their wildest psychedelic experiences—some profound, but most ridiculous. Carrie Fisher was photographed nude by paparazzi. Sarah Silverman groped the face of a homeless man. Sting was indoctrinated into a Mexican desert peyote cult. The documentary paints psychedelics as chaotic, mind-altering, and deeply tied to self-exploration—whether that leads to spiritual enlightenment or just an embarrassing headline. What it fails to mention is the deeply political potential of acid.
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It’s a strange thing to step into a new country, thousands of miles from home, and find that the soundtrack to your travels sounds an awful lot like your daily walk to class. In a far-too-crowded club in Prague, my friends and I dance to I Love It by Icona Pop, Pitbull’s Hotel Room Service, and American oldies we ourselves
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The discussion of nepo babies has been on the rise when it comes to the entertainment industry. Now, whether you like them or not, they are having their own kind of takeover. Just in the past few months, some famously known nepo babies have been in the media. Lily-Rose Depp is a common example since her parents are Johnny Depp and…
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My whole life, my older brother Samuel has been the smart one. It’s not to say anyone in my family is stupid, he’s just always been the cream of the crop. He’s fascinated by history and politics, and has been his whole life. From the minute Samuel could read, he was learning about warfare and statecraft, and when he wasn’t doing that he was calling our grandfather, a former Marine, to ask him questions about being a soldier…
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The term "pride and joy" has been used since the early 1800s when Sir Walter Scott used it in his poetry. These terms have evolved over the years, but I believe queer pride is deeply connected to joy. As a genderqueer person who is pansexual, I have been numbed to the fact that all queer representation in the media is depressing, tragic, and an excuse for representation. The issue can boil down to simple queerbaiting, which is a term for when writers tease, but never actually show, queer representation or joy.
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They were never pregnant. They have a miscarrige. They back out at the last minute. They become ill and die. They are forced to continue. They decide adoption would be a better fit. Television will do anything and everything to avoid actually depicting a character actively getting an abortion. Walking right up to the line, or rather the clinic door, before turning around and never discussing it again.
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Picture this: a woman in her early 30s, hair in a messy bun that's one faulty bobby pin away from total collapse. Her mascara slightly smudged from yesterday's cry session over a tub of ice cream, stumbling into her quaint London flat with an armful of paperwork, and a splash of coffee on her wrinkled white shirt. That, dear reader, is the epitome of "frazzled" in the world of rom-coms.
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Stephen King infamously hates Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of The Shining. For all its glorious horror iconography and immortalized performances, he just cannot shake how inaccurate it is to the novel.
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I have been watching reality television since I was a kid. It has been a staple on my family’s living room TV, and I don’t see that changing anytime soon. My mom and I would always watch a variety of shows together like Big Brother or The Voice. As I got older, I started enjoying even more reality shows which led me to where I am now.
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Growing up, I was in my head. A lot. I was the typical overly independent, shy, and anxious eldest daughter that always had her nose shoved in a book. My safe haven was within the four walls of my local library, surrounded by a myriad of new adventures residing between the pages of a good paperback. Somehow along the way, I lost that side of myself.
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At the 2024 VMA’s, two of the biggest up-and-coming pop stars, Sabrina Carpenter and Tate McRae, both wore red carpet looks that referenced past pop stars’ iconic outfits. Carpenter paid tribute to Madonna’s 1991 Academy Awards gown, and McRae referenced Britney Spears’ 2001 VMAs black lace dress. Each of these looks paid homage to women who paved the way for these modern stars, today both sonically and in style…
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Let me take you back in time. It’s 2012. Barack Obama’s in office. The iPhone 5 just hit the market. One Direction’s “Live While We’re Young” might be playing on the car radio. Many believe the world will end before the end of the year. Yet, this dystopia isn’t too hard to fathom…
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With the release of Sam Levinson and The Weeknd’s controversial series The Idol in June 2023, the cultural obsession with the “bad” pop girl came into sharp focus. Despite the backlash for its overt sexualization and glamorization of destructive behaviors, the show reflects a deeper truth…
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I enrolled at Emerson, as Love Is Blind hosts Vanessa and Nick Lachey would say, “sight unseen.” In a way, I fell in love with the idea of Emerson without ever seeing it. Part of me was terrified to visit the campus, worried I would regret my decision, and dread starting my Freshman year.
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Comment sections flood with users begging for more videos labeled “Hope Core,” expressing that they make them cry or help them find faith in the world again. I will admit that these videos have made me sob and have felt like an escape from the dizzying amount of negative news.
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