A Trip Into EDM’s Past, Present & Future
Where did EDM come from? How did it get so popular? And most importantly… where are the female DJs at? Electric Dance Music, known as EDM, took over during the summer of 1988 in Europe. Commonly referred to as the “Summer of Love” due to the use of acid and habit of dancing all night […]
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The Silver Linings Playbook, a movie about the true meaning of insanity, tells a story of a man after his recent release from a mental institution. The main character, Pat, focuses on reconnecting with his wife while his family encourages him to “let her go and move on”. He wife moved away and filed a […]
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The new Netflix show, a historical drama called Versailles, follows the life of Louie XIV and his dream of creating a palace outside Paris. The young king attempts to gain power over the stubborn French nobility, and show them his dream. Louis XIV harassed those of nobility who did not live up to the French […]
Continue reading →“Yes, I’m alone, but I’m alone and free!”
Disney Princesses evolved immensely from 1937 to 2017. Snow White, the first Disney Princess led the path for the princesses we know and love today, like Princess Tiana or Elsa. Disney Princesses play a significant part in a young girls life, and acts as a role model. Let explore how the Princesses changed over time! […]
Continue reading →Yeah, well, sometimes nothin’ can be a real cool hand.
At what point does prison stop feeling like a punishment but instead a community? The portrayal of prison life in various different movies suggest that at some point the inmates start to enjoy their time rather then count down the days till “freedom”. In the award winning film, Shawshank Redemption, we step into the lives […]
Continue reading →I Buy My Own Diamonds & I Buy My Own Rings
In 2001 Destiny’s Child came out with their single Survivor, an iconic song about not needing a man and the power of surviving alone. “You thought that I’d be broke without you, but I’m richer, You thought that I’d be sad without you, I laugh harder” During this time period, 2001, women typically sang about […]
Continue reading →There’s Beauty in the Struggle
“There’s beauty in the struggle, ugliness in the success,” J Cole raps in his song Love Yourz about how he “Thinks being broke was better” referring to how he misses the simple days. People tend to focus on success and sometimes miss out on what’s right in front of their face. These people live in […]
Continue reading →Thoughts of a Free Thinker
“What should young people do with their lives today? Many things obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.” Kurt Vonnegut. What is the main topic of your conversation with your friends? Love, weather it is unrequited, dwindling, or epic. We […]
Continue reading →To find out what happens… when people stop being polite… and start getting real…
The skewed perception that reality television “Makes society stupid” neglects to take in the fact that it plays a major role in history and shaping our open-minded society. The history of reality TV starts with a show called An American Family, which started the obsession with this new genre. The most iconic reality television shows […]
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