In this electronic day and age, it’s hard not to have a music addiction. Millions utilize various music platforms each and every day to satisfy their melodic cravings, the most popular streaming platform being Spotify. Launched in 2008, Spotify has garnered more than...
Riesling Liu
Riesling Liu is a Houston-based writer and a student at the Awty International School. She is a two-time national gold medalist in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards and a winner of the NSHSS Creative Writing Scholarship. She is an alumnus of the Iowa Young Writers Studio. In addition to writing, Riesling has interests in journalism and is currently a student advisor on the PBS News Student Reporting Labs national advisory team. She is a writer for the Teen Magazine and the LA Times High School Insider. In her spare time, she enjoys volunteering at the Houston Wildlife Center and coaching summer league swimming.
Opinion: The Makeover Movie: Will it ever be fixed?
"Uglies," a film released in September 2024, is Netflix’s attempt at a dystopian YA movie reminiscent of "the Hunger Games" and "Divergent." Originally a novel by Scott Westerfield, the adapted film centers around a society where members are deemed “ugly” until their...