It’s no secret that for adults the holiday season is a flurry of rushed workdays, hurried nights, and even busier weekends. Somehow, a season that once made humanity stand still and reflect has snowballed into an all-consuming spectacle of red, green, gold, and glitter. Falling victim to the holiday hoopla, society has given in to …
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‘Wicked: For Good’ is Proof of Why We Need More Film Adaptations of Broadway Musicals
After the overwhelming success of Wicked: Part 1, people all over the world patiently waited to rush to the movie theatre to see its sequel, Wicked: For Good. They expected to be equally amazed by the conclusion of this wonderfully wicked story. The second part, however, has gotten mixed reactions, both from devoted musical theatre …
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The ‘Discover Playlist’ is the Only Part of Your Streaming Service That is Actually Helpful for the Artist
Before the Internet, music lovers discovered new music by listening to the radio, spending hours at record stores, borrowing their friends’ CDs, or scouring local libraries for free downloadable MP3s. Because of this bottlenecked distribution, the music industry was completely gatekept for decades, with labels buying up radio stations, studios, event spaces, and retail booths …
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We Don’t Need Any More Self-Help Internet
It is second nature for most of us to turn to the internet when we want advice. We Google it, hunt down just the right obscure Reddit thread, or ask ChatGPT a question with a response scraped from Reddit. We are all conditioned to look for answers in ways that are increasingly fast, and, when …
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Streaming Platforms are Egregiously Ignoring the Unspoken Rules and Etiquette of TV Advertising’s Past
Cutting to a boisterous, tone-deaf commercial mid-scene, mid-game, or mid-sentence would have sent a 90s television enthusiast into a fit of rage and confusion. While TV ads have always been a bit disruptive, at least in the past, advertisers had a sense of decorum, protecting the sanctity of the show-watching experience with a backbone of …
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Recent Horror-Romances like ‘Frankenstein’ Suggest That Women Yearn for a Monster Gentleman, Not a Gentleman Who’s a Monster
Tortured, predatory, and often violent, male protagonists are overly romanticized in gothic stories. As an inevitable byproduct of the genre, the love interests and leading men in many gothic tales are seductive because they are dark, and utterly tragic. Yet, audiences still watch in awe, hearing the faint voice of hope in the back of …
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‘No, you don’t need protein coffee’: The TikTok protein craze makes everyone, even couch potatoes, eat like body-building gym bros
It’s four o’clock in the afternoon. You’ve been craving a brownie for what seems like forever after an especially laborious workday riddled with unanswered emails and back-to-back Slack messages. To your surprise, you see a small basket full of individually wrapped snacks in your office kitchen. Your prayers have been answered; Your sweet tooth, soon …
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Today’s Most Bingeable Shows Would’ve Never Survived the Week-to-Week Broadcast Model of the ‘90s
As a millennial, Thursday nights were sacred when I was in high school. At 8 p.m. sharp, I had a silent agreement with the rest of my family that I would be granted full access to the TV to watch my favorite show. My eyes stayed glued to the screen from start to finish. I …
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Your Grandma’s Applebee’s Obsession is Why Your Favorite Local Mom-and-Pop Shop is Closed
Soulless, bland, and alarmingly expensive chain restaurants have taken over the modern dining experience. They cheat out homegrown mom-and-pop restaurants with their big-britches financial backers, their coupon-coded marketing schemes, and remarkably potent long island ice teas. Boomers and Gen X are seeking comfort in restaurant conformity, perpetuating the mega-chain dinner model by prioritizing predictability, familiarity, …
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Streamers Aren’t Your Friends and They Never Were
Live streaming video content offers audiences real-time reactions and interactive communication with creators. Since the inception of Twitch, the largest live streaming platform online, streaming has broken down the walls between audiences and the subjects of their voyeurism, blurring the lines between celebrity figures and real-world relationships. However, after three decades of exponential growth, the …
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