Actress Leighton Meester published a sort-of critique of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men in the Huffington post yesterday. I say ‘sort-of’ because Meester isn’t so much critiquing the story, but rather the reaction of the modern-day audience. During her four-month run as the only female – a nameless character, at that – in the […]

When Lana Del Rey released Ultraviolence, I expected the same magic that made Born to Die the soundtrack to my semester abroad in Barcelona. By the time I arrived in Spain for my semester abroad winter of my junior year, I was hooked on Lana. As I played her songs on repeat in my stark […]

I’m just gonna say it: I never totally understood the Beyonce hype. You’re probably thinking I must be blind and/or deaf. But here’s the thing. I like her music. I think she’s beautiful. I think her family is precious. I just didn’t fully grasp the cult-like phenomenon that surrounded her. I thought it was a […]