Category: Pop Culture
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A New Chapter of Terror: Scream 7 by Samantha Partridge ‘28
After almost three decades of phone calls, masks, and horror movie references, Scream 7 attempts to bring the franchise back to its roots while still surprising long time fans. This latest movie shifts focus back to Sidney Prescott, (the iconic protagonist of the series and the original “final girl” who has survived every Ghostface massacre…
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The Price of Speaking Out: Celebrities and Public Backlash by Samantha Partridge and Lily Seibert ‘28
Imagine that you simply say one word, and suddenly death threats appear at your door and you become “cancelled.” There will be an enormous amount of backlash, unfollowing on social media, all based on comments you said, This experience has become a lot more relevant. At the start of this societal backlash (aka Cancel culture)…
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White House Social Media Strategy Under Fire After Music Misuse by Samantha Partridge ‘28
The White House’s official X (formerly Twitter) account has received widespread criticism after posting several videos on their official Twitter/X account, promoting immigration enforcement actions paired with hit songs by pop stars Sabrina Carpenter and Olivia Rodrigo. Both artists condemned the use of their music, asking for the administration to remove the audio from each…
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Hawkins Isn’t Ready, And Neither Are We: Early Thoughts on Stranger Things Season 5 by Lily Seibert and Samantha Partridge ‘28
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD! Part 1 of Stranger Things Season 5 left pretty much everyone stunned. It seemed to just give us a lot more confusion rather than answers – we still don’t quite know what the Upside Down actually is, what Vecna is doing by taking those kids, and what that weird gross wall’s purpose…
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Champions Again: How the Dodgers Won the 2025 World Series by Gabriele Vimont ’27
The 2025 World Series came down to one final face-off on November 1st, 2025. It was a long, tense night that baseball fans are definitely going to remember. Under the bright lights of the Rogers Centre in Toronto, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays pushed themselves to the absolute limit in a…
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Genre analysis: What Makes a Scary Movie Scary? by Avery Vilela ’26
As the fall season approaches and the green leaves begin to transform into crunchy, misshapen embellishments for the concrete streets, our hearts and homes grow with warmth and spookiness. One of my favorite ways to celebrate the month of October is filling my free time with some popcorn and scary movies. The genre of horror…
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Political Transitionalism: How Trump’s Proposed 100% Tariff on International Films Could Affect Cinema Forever by Avery Vilela ’26
Entering President Donald Trump’s fourth month in office, communities around the world are beginning to see the global impacts of his presidency. Among the several economy-based propositions, some failed, but many executed, Donald Trump has officially pulled cinema into the conversation. On May 4th, 2025, Trump publicly stated on his Truth Social platform that, “The…
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Removal of PBS/NPR by Emilia Sawicka ’25
As Donald Trump pushes to defund PBS and NPR, the debate often gets framed as a matter of budgets. He claims public media has a “liberal bias” and argues that taxpayers shouldn’t be supporting such things. But this isn’t just about funding, it’s about preserving one of America’s last shared public goods. Public broadcasting has…
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Opinion: My Endless Love for Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel by Emilia Sawicka ’25
There are many types of bookends available for purchase: from the head and behind of a cat, to dinosaur heads, and even perfectly split crystals. They serve a simple, practical purpose: to hold chapters of knowledge between them, keeping books in place, untouched by the outside world. Yet, through the brilliant minds of Simon &…
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How to Successfully Navigate Through the Difficulties of Buying Concert Tickets by Giana Nevarez Tevere ’26
These past few years have been groundbreaking for the music industry in many ways. For one, on-demand streaming of music provides listening access to all within reach of technology. Equally as significant, the massive surge of young women gaining quick recognition in the music industry. Historically, the music industry has been male dominated, but lately,…