There is a very specific feeling Katie Dippold has been chasing her whole career. She traces it back to a haunted house on the Long Branch boardwalk in New Jersey—one she was far too young to be inside. She remembers screaming. She remembers laughing so hard she could barely breathe. She remembers those two things happening at exactly the same time.

There was a brief, glorious window, roughly 1995 to 2004, when Hollywood decided the Middle Ages didn’t need to be grim. No mud-caked realism, no muted colour palettes, no dragons brooding in the rain. Instead we got glitter eyeshadow under coronets, jousting tournaments soundtracked by classic rock, and castles that looked like they’d been decorated by a teenager with a Claire’s Accessories card.

Kane Parsons' Backrooms is undeniably impressive. It satisfies that craving for nostalgic dread that got my friends and I hooked on the movie and the lore in the first place. What once only existed on our computer screens was finally recreated on the big screen. And there's no arguing it. Parsons, indeed, has displayed a commendable talent in manipulating atmosphere for a first-time feature director. Unfortunately, atmosphere can only carry a film so far before it gets dragge

hey, bunny! let’s sulk in sad girl MFA vibes for a bit together. i promise i won’t waste your time. you wanna know what i think? one of the most challenging aspects of writing to achieve as a fiction author is the ability to immerse readers in your novel’s world. but mona awad has proven time and time again that she excels at this. she did it with bunny, and she did it again with we love you, bunny: a prequel‑sequel hybrid that’s equal parts eerie and magnetic.

I’d cry if my mam took me to a new after-school activity, or if I had to start at a new school where I knew no one. I was often the quietest kid in the classroom; everyone said that I was shy. I feel that many people can relate to this: not wanting to talk to strangers and not wanting to embarrass oneself.

“I don’t fw any of it but sometimes it’s better to just not pay attention to it lowk.” Reads the text I received from a longtime friend yesterday afternoon. “Like i have the privilege of being able to not pay attention lol,” he writes, “so i will use it.” (In reference to Nazis taking control of one of the world's most dominant superpowers.) In freshman year, I experienced loss for the first time. In the same month I read “1984” and “Brave New World” and became a radical sup

Theatre is, of course, an audible art-form. Emotions, emphasis and atmosphere are all impacted by actors delivery and the use of music. And as one of our senses, it is only natural that directors and actors should wish to use sound in order to convey theatrical meaning. That is why a complete removal of sound (or the use of a language you can hear) can be such a drastic and striking change to make to a production. And yet this is also something that The Globe Theatre in Londo

The Cold War cleaved the world in two – separating the Capitalist West from the Communist East (to generalise) and ultimately leading to a further destabilisation of geopolitics in the post-war period. As always, it was everyday civilians that suffered the consequences of politician’s mass power and control. Particularly beyond the Iron Curtain, where the KGB (Soviet secret police) and a large network of spies that kept the population wary of their neighbours, the oppression

The link between Romanticism and Punk Rock, while initially appearing non-existent, reveals itself when considering the fact that both movements have at their core a rejection of the status quo. Romanticism directly goes against Enlightenment and the idea of prioritising reason and science. instead, it places emphasis on human emotion and feelings , even if they cannot be explained. The punk movement of the 70s was also a form of rebellion - in particular against the social

Diary Entry - 6/21/24 It’s a Friday in June and I’m away at a summer camp. The word “camp” isn’t entirely accurate as I’m staying in a dorm on the eighth floor of a residence hall on the east side of campus, but the attitude and social environment may as well be equivalent. The area is humid, and therefore greener than I anticipated. The food is better than what I eat at home, and just a fifteen minute walk away is a small cafe-bookstore where framed pictures covering the wal

Introduction Cozy is an adjective to describe something pleasant and inviting, warm and often small. Over time this word has become the centre of entire genres in various communities. We can find cozy games, fantasy, mystery, and so on. As an enjoyer of everything warm, fuzzy and cozy I personally love this trend and will be recommending books and games as we talk about the phenomena itself. Cozy games Cozy games can be defined as video games that involve beautiful graphics,

Education is constituted as an essential for all, with a promise to transform developing minds into enterprising buckets of knowledge. Media and education institutions have emphasized this for decades through the developments of the education system – one of those developments being the introduction of Advanced Placement and Honors classes. At first glance, these classes appear to be prominent and remarkable, as they encourage students to be more rigorous and stupendous acade

(Above, Edyth Eyde is pictured. Image from https://queermusicheritage.com/viceversa.html and courtesy of the ONE Archives) It is often considered that queer history began at the Stonewall riots, with a protest that kicked off a real conversation on gay rights. And while the riots in 1969 undeniably had a huge impact on queer rights, it was not the first protest against the homophobic establishment. Not by a long shot. Vice Versa, a magazine being written in the late 1940s and

I expressed my uneasiness at his giving me so often the appellation of Yahoo, an odious animal, for which I had so utter a hatred and contempt: I begged he would forbear applying that word to me, and make the same order in his family and among his friends whom he suffered to see me. I requested likewise, ‘that the secret of my having a false covering to my body, might be known to none but himself, at least as long as my present clothing should last; for as to what the sorrel

Free Speech is one of the most (if not the most) complex amendments in the United States Constitution. The reason behind that is because of how ambiguous and arbitrary people view it – and how much they will extend its intention. Freedom of Speech is pretty abundant after all, since many aspects of our world are enabled or shunned because of it. Throughout our country’s history, the First Amendment has been evaluated and challenged too many times to count. Some people end up

Hobbies are typically defined as a regular activity that is done for enjoyment with no intention of financial gain or profit. I have always danced and that was my main hobby and activity for about 10 years but recently one of my goals has been to pick up new, diverse and simply more hobbies. These vary from reading, writing, video games, chess, colouring, baking, doing puzzles, journaling and so on. All of these are now so crucial to who I am as a person and I want to discuss

For those not in the know, these are tulips. These little guys have made themselves a name as a symbol of deep love and peace. However, there is no time that such a love has been shown for the flowers themselves, arguably, than when they were first brought to Holland in the mid seventeenth century, with the arrival of the tulip leading to speculations of their worth within dutch society that would have their prices shoot so high that a single bulb of some varieties could cost

A documentation of my love and time with my favorite style of clothes, collared shirts.

A brief introduction Art is incredibly important to me and learning about it is something I am very passionate about, therefore today I want to share with you some of my favorite artists and some of their artwork. Jacques Louis David "I will never, for the future, paint the portrait of a tyrant until his head lies before me on the scaffold." Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) was a French painter known for his Neoclassical style. Hi

In a modern age overwhelmed with not only oversaturated media but one with the need for creatives to have a large following prior to have a crack at publishing works in the mainstream, it is no surprise that the community of young writers feel at a loss. After all, experience is often viewed as liquid gold. Wouldn’t anyone end up deflated at the idea that their hopes of showing their work to the world were glued together by childish naivety? I would say so. However, what we f