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After a short lived push for body positivity and size diversity, our collective obsession with thinness has returned with renewed intensity. Social media has been a fast-track for this new trend, reaching audiences that traditional tabloids couldn't, with a cohort of skinny influencers profiting from body aesthetics. The first of many such figures to catch my eye is the now-infamous Liv Schmidt,…
"Our goal was to make you feel like you are this cat," said Matīss Kaža, co-screenwriter/producer of Flow, before a showing of the animated film at my college this past Wednesday. Flow -also known as Straume in its native Latvian-recently won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature and became the most-viewed film in Latvian history . It was produced on a budget of just $3.7 million by a startlingly…
Naming a baby is a polarizing act, I'd argue. Not only is this tiny person going to go by this for the rest of their life, but the politics of the name itself often unlocks a well of drama and disagreements with family and friends. And with the rise of the internet has come a subculture dedicated solely to the art of naming babies. Aside from the blogs (Nameberry, The Bump, etc.), there are…
Ever since I started wearing jeans, I've had questions that go beyond the typical "why are they so uncomfortable?" and "when will skinny jeans finally go out of style?" I wanted to know the minutia: why do they have rivets? Why is blue the default color? Why have jeans been the gold standard of pants since the Gold Rush? Why haven't they undergone major alterations since the 19th century, and why…
If you've met me even briefly, it will come as no surprise that I was a theater kid growing up. I still remember the choreo from musicals I performed in back in high school-so whenever I walk into a bar and don't see anyone on the floor, my heart sinks a little. Stud Country finally gave me an excuse to dust off my dance shoes. Led by best friends Sean Monaghan and Bailey Salisbury , this…
One of the riskier things you can do in your literature class is refer to any old work of reality-bending fiction as "magical realism." In my classes, it's happened twice this week: an unwitting student uses the term magical realism to describe a book or short story that leans fantastical, and the professor is quick to correct their claim, reminding them that the genre has a complex historical and…
Last week Trump announced his plan to create the Gold Card, a five million dollar path to lawful residency in the U.S. This program will replace the existing EB-5 immigrant investor program, which requires a minimum investment into a commercial enterprise and the creation of at least 10 jobs. Although similarly designed to bolster national wealth, the Gold Card will seemingly hold no such…
The Oscars have been around for nearly a hundred years, and with that much time and prestige, comes lots and lots of mystery. It is understandable that people want to know the inner workings of the entertainment industry, and better yet, the truths of certain moments that are still widely debated to this day. Some are repeated, and thus reinforced, conspiracy theories, and some are rooted in…