On covering “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” evolving lyrics, and Christmas blues
I have a very limited relationship with modern covers of Christmas classics. How could anyone who didn’t live through the 1940s capture...
Emma Cooney
Dec 30, 2020
A Personal Account of a Music Legend
Guitarist Eddie Van Halen passed away in October, 2020, leaving behind a tremendous legacy. Edward Lodewijk Van Halen was born in...
Anthony Bonavita
Nov 11, 2020
Gatekeeping Internet Music
Every month or so, the internet latches onto a new buzzword: gaslighting, toxic, normalize—I could go on. These past few months, another...
Nandi Dube
Nov 10, 2020
The Romantic Wonder of Netflix's Emily in Paris
Over this past summer during quarantine, I told my parents that I needed to get out of the country. Sensing the possibility of spending...
Sophia George
Nov 10, 2020
A Tribute to Chadwick Boseman
In 2016, the world finally got its first black superhero in Captain America: Civil War. Black Panther became one of the most admired...
Arushi Sharma
Oct 13, 2020
Mulan: Should you watch a movie you can't trust?
September 4th saw the digital release of Disney’s live-action Mulan, a once greatly-anticipated remake now marred by controversy. With...
Emma Cooney and Kailey Sjauwfoekloy
Oct 3, 2020
"WAP" and Feminism
"WAP" exposes the racialized and gendered politics of sexuality.
Nandi Dube
Oct 2, 2020
A Love Letter to Animal Crossing
This summer, I joined the 22 million other people on this planet in playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The premise of this particular...
Gene Kim
Sep 8, 2020
Why Frozen II is Better than Frozen I
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Frozen (2013) was perhaps the most popular animated film of the last decade. Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck’s...
Reagan Graney
Feb 29, 2020
The Independent Spirit Awards
Forget the Oscars. The Academy has not represented the true spectrum of each year’s best films for a while now. In terms of the winners...
Emma Cooney
Feb 29, 2020