Arts & Entertainment

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.

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.

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.

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…

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…

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…

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.

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. 

The thing is, martyrdom has been so excessively glorified that many of us have deluded ourselves into aspiring it. And for what, the chance that we’d be appreciated for it? I’ve learned, painstakingly, how that’s hardly a reason for doing something.