The Devil Wears Prada 2 was capturing the funeral for a version of style we did not realize slipped away. While the first movie was an iconic coming of age story set against a backdrop of glamour, the second captures a world where the art of the magazine has been swallowed by doomscrolling. If you walk into any popular clothing store today or scan a crowd, you are met with a haunting lack of color. It is an endless sea of black, white, and beige. Everyone is dressed in the s

The air changes around the second week of August each year. It is an intangible shift you realize when the sun starts dipping below the horizon just a few minutes earlier each day. Being born on August 13th means my birthday is permanently tethered to this specific transition. aka:The beginning of the end. Every year, the approach of my birthday feels like impending doom. While everyone else is busy squeezing the last bit of joy out of the weather, I am bracing for impact. It

I walked into the Ambassador Theatre with a completely blank slate of expectations. We see another creator on our screens, categorize them into a specific box, and decide we have seen the full extent of their potential. My relationship with Whitney Levitt’s public persona was always one of mild indifference, mainly because I bypassed the SLOMW discourse, though I did catch her on Dancing with the Stars . Even through a screen, her ability to perform felt inevitable and capti

Valentine’s Day has always been written in a narrow script, red ink, paired names, a single bouquet passed between two hands. However love, in its truest form, has never been so easily contained. It is older than roses and quieter than candlelight. Love is friendship, the devotion of people who remember the small details of our lives and hold them with care. It is laughter shared across tables. Love is the practice of turning gently toward ourselves. It is learning patience w

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It’s fall of 2021, my first semester of college—a journey, to say the least. I was a severely depressed burnt out college student...

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