Photo courtesy of Paramount Global, Wikipedia. The Kids' Choice Awards (KCA) has been Nickelodeon's biggest event since 1988. An award show for kids by kids with their favorite stars having the chance to win a classic Nickelodeon orange blimp and maybe even get slimed in the process. It was no surprise […]
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“Girl from Plainville” mirrors source material’s sinister tone
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Flickr. Streaming services' original shows cannot get enough of mentally-ill teens. From Netflix's adaptation of “13 Reasons Why” to Hulu's adaptation of “Looking for Alaska,” the need for struggling teens on screen has been on the rise. A majority of the shows have been a miss. […]
Land acknowledgement combats Native culture appropriation
Photo courtesy of splashypants, Flickr. On March 15 Port Neches Grove High School from Port Neches, Texas went viral after a video of their drill team performing in Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom was posted online. The video caused the school to be thrown into the spotlight because of the drill team's […]
Kim K’s latest remarks undervalue working women’s struggles
Photo courtesy of Eva Rinaldi, Flickr. On March 9, Variety Magazine published an article interviewing the Kardashian family about their reality TV-show’s move to Hulu and their growing empire. In the article and in a video posted to the magazine's social media pages, Kim announces a little too proudly that she […]
Dolly Parton still hasn’t lost her magic
Photo courtesy of pipilongstockings, Flickr. Dolly Parton is a jack of all trades. Singer, songwriter, actress, business owner and now a mystery-thriller author. Accompanying her 48th album, “Run, Rose, Run,” released on March 4, a novel of the same name written by Parton and best-selling author James Patterson was released on […]
Parenting double standards judge moms where they praise dads
Photos courtesy of Anete Lusina, Pexels. Growing up, my mom worked two jobs. She worked a regular nine-to-five job as a secretary and as a bartender every other weekend. My Grandma, who we lived with, always told me to admire my mother for how hard she worked. My dad also […]
Inventing Anna is a thinly-stretched misrepresentation of a criminal
Photo courtesy of Harald Krichel, Wikipedia. In May of 2018, New York Magazine published an article titled “How Anna Delvey Tricked New York’s Party People.” Journalist Jessica Pressler, who was pregnant at the time, spent months gathering information and conducting interviews, including interviews with Anna Delvey, which was the only story […]
Fight to stay alive in this chilling new indie horror game
Photo courtesy of RODNAE Productions, Pexels. Welcome to Heilwald Hospital, where it is impossible to die. “The Heilwald Loophole” was released Friday, Feb. 4 on Steam by German developer and publisher Jan Malitschek. This is Malitschek’s second released game on Steam. The puzzle horror game is set in a German hospital […]
Book banning promotes censorship in education
Photo courtesy of Element5 Digital, Pexels. Book banning is a long-standing battle teachers, librarians and book-lovers have been fighting. The topic resurfaced into the mainstream news when “Maus,” a graphic novel written and illustrated by Art Spiegelman based on his father's experience during the Holocaust, was banned by a Tennessee school […]
Comfy ways to spend Galentine’s Day with your closest friends
Photo courtesy of Jill Wellington, Pexels. “February 14, Valentine’s Day, is about romance, but February 13, Galentine's Day, is about celebrating lady friends. It’s wonderful, and it should be a national holiday," says Leslie Knope, the loveable main character of NBC's hit comedy “Parks and Recreation.” While Galentine's Day still […]