We all love music. Whether you enjoy listening to pop, rock, metal or country, music is an integral part of many people’s lives. But how can you jam out to your favorite tunes when there are so many platforms to choose from? Well, look no further, because I’ll be...
A 22-year-old zealously strumming the guitar in a subway stop for charity — it’s a sweet picture that Jason Y. Lee paints in my mind as he recalls the day he found a new purpose in his life — to create a movement of empathy for human good. Fast-forward 11 years later,...
It’s Sunday evening — family movie night, and you eagerly position yourself in the best seat on the couch while your parents chuckle. Today’s choice is a Disney classic: Beauty and the Beast. You watch as Belle’s dad is called names and ridiculed by the villagers for...
Writer’s note: This article contains disturbing material in regards to racism, bestiality and pedophilia. For years, YouTube has endured a long and precarious relationship with one of its most popular and influential creators: 32-year-old Shane Dawson, a comedy and...
I was feeling the usual pressure to dress up with my friends. Throughout the year, the girls in my show choir would regularly encourage everyone to dress according to specific themes for “choir spirit” days. As fun as wearing crazy socks and '80s clothes were, I never...
Humans are sexual beings, and at times, the societal stigma surrounding such a natural process of life can be excessive. More than 50% of adolescents — both male and female — have masturbated at least once, for example, yet the sexual act still evokes egregious...
“Sister WENT OFF!” a freshman girl with Doc Martens, mom jeans, two shirts, and a pink velvet scrunchie exclaims across my high school campus. I, along with many others, would agree that such an occurrence is anything but unusual. But this common style and sense of...
From YouTuber and makeup artist Jeffree Star’s racist comments to last year’s Suicide Forest scandal, it seems that YouTubers never fail to seep into the headlines for their problematic behavior. This time, Logan Paul becomes repeat offender as he claims to “go gay...
Drifting along the halls of The Chicago Theatre before her fourth performance on “The Bloom Tour” in support of headliner Troye Sivan, 18-year-old musical artist Carlie Hanson answers the phone as if we are old friends. In our mere fifteen minute phone call it becomes...
Effervescent and energetic, the bright smile, glowing complexion, and excited eyes of YouTuber, comedienne, and routine Streamy award-winner Liza Koshy are infinitely compelling in a way that recalls a generation of visionaries. From Bollywood actress and Miss...
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