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Aesthetic Over Substance: The Lost Art of Bret Easton Ellis

Bryanna Rosario • October 5, 2025

Patrick Bateman has become synonymous with the caricature of an ultra-masculine “finance bro.” Whether sincere or ironic, this movement has used the American Psycho protagonist as its figurehead online.

Why Are We Still Listening to Oasis?

Milo Priddle • October 3, 2025

Perhaps the biggest headline in music this year has been the reunion of Liam and Noel Gallagher. Better known as Oasis, the chaotic sibling duo hail from Manchester, England, and reached the peak of their popularity during the late ’90s. To fans’ dismay, they split up in 2009 and ceased to release music.

How To Adapt a Film 101

Morgan Vasiliauskas • October 2, 2025

But what makes a good adaptation? There’s no formula available for directors, but there are definitely characteristics that good adaptations have that bad ones simply don’t.

The Rebirth of Online Authenticity

Clara Araujo • September 28, 2025

As it turns out, niche content had to be reborn in the stranger corners of the internet. If its return can teach us one thing, it's that people don’t crave perfection in their idols, just authenticity.

What It Means To Endure: On Yōko Ogawa’s ‘The Memory Police’

Kevin McIlvain • September 21, 2025

There’s something eerily intimate about reading The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa. It’s the kind of book that lingers quietly long after the final page, not with fireworks, but with silence.

When Fashion Reflects Politics: The Return of Minimalism

Bryanna Rosario • September 20, 2025

Fashion tends to operate in cycles—whatever is new today was likely already a trend a decade or two ago. Social media, with its familiar buzzwords—y2k, boho chic, and quiet luxury—ensures that these fashion choices stay “trendy.”

Stars Who Suck at Singing: The Dangerous Cycle of Stunt Casting in Theater

Morgan Vasiliauskas • September 19, 2025

This practice of bringing in a celebrity to boost ticket sales, known as stunt casting, has become the norm. One cannot walk a street in New York City without seeing a billboard with a famous movie or television star coming to Broadway.

Vergura: Book Recommendations To Escape Your Reading Slump

Sarah Vergura • September 4, 2025

This summer’s reads spanned from light and easy one-off romances to some more intense fantasy novels. Here’s my review of some of my summer favorites that got me out of my reading slump.

Charbit: Exploring My Sounds of the Summer

Nicole Charbit Azpurua • September 4, 2025

Every person’s summer has its own unique soundtrack, though it tends to come together nearly by accident.

Vasiliauskas: A Call for Authenticity on Art-Based Social Media Apps

Morgan Vasiliauskas • May 4, 2025

In a vast online world, people are given the chance to not feel so alone. Even more so, criticism and reflection on art do not have to be centered around the upper echelons of critics.

Wherefore Art Thou, Shakespeare? Seemingly Everywhere

Bryanna Rosario • April 18, 2025

Whether you’ve been told that you “wear your heart on your sleeve” after experiencing troubles with dating, or have muttered “seems Greek to me” while looking at your calculus homework, around every corner, Shakespeare continues to live and breathe.

Brett’s Bites Runs Boston and the Internet

Maria Beatriz Saldanha • April 13, 2025

For runners like Brett Chody, a former University of Southern California track athlete turned influencer, the marathon becomes more than a finish-line fixation—it’s a way to show what pushing your limits looks and feels like.

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