Archive for 2020
Zayn Malik is one of the most accomplished young stars in the world, with a history in internationally acclaimed boyband One Direction and an award-winning vocal repertoire. He has publicly struggled with his music and the emotional weight of stardom, keeping him out of the spotlight in recent years. In July of 2020 Gigi Hadid,
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. The heroes are dead. The villains have won. What now? Black Canary: Breaking Silence, a DC Icons novel by Iranian author Alexandra Monir, tells a patriarchal dystopian story for teens. As DC fans may know, Dinah Lance is a hero, going by the
Allie X has been making waves in the pop scene for some time now through outstanding visuals and out-of-this-world synth pop. This year, she gave the world her second studio album Cape God, which while staying in a similar vein as her previous work, gave the artist new sounds and songwriting styles to play with.
Warning: This article contains spoilers of The Mandalorian season two, episode seven. In this episode of The Mandalorian, Mando builds a team and heads to an Imperial camp in order to get the coordinates of Moff Gideon’s ship. I quite enjoyed this episode due to its being action-packed. Even better, the writers decided to bring
Warning: This article contains spoilers of His Dark Materials season two episode five! In this week’s episode of His Dark Materials, Lyra and Will’s main focus is to get the alethiometer back from Boreal. Meanwhile both Mary and Mrs. Coulter make some quite life-changing discoveries! Starting with the storyline, I definitely feel that we are
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This article contains minor spoilers. On December 15, Granity Studios released Epoca: The River of Sand, the highly-anticipated sequel to The Tree of Ecrof. Written by Ivy Claire, the book takes place three months after the events of its prequel, in which crown princess Pretia
Ruel (Ruel Vincent Van Dijk) is an 18-year-old musician from Sydney, Australia who is becoming one of the biggest names in music, not only of his generation, but in the industry. Ruel’s list of collaborations, record breaking awards, Platinum certifications, Elton John approvals and the ambitious RuelVision project (an online television network) seem as though
Trigger Warning: This article involves themes regarding disordered eating, self-harm and mental illness Ashton Irwin is an Australian musician who is primarily known for drumming in the band 5 Seconds of Summer (5SOS). A proud member of the nearly decade-old band, Ashton is now the first member of the group to make solo music, and
When Taylor Swift says she doesn’t have a lot going on at the moment, you should not believe her for one damn second. Because the last time she’d said that, she dropped a literal album on us out of no-freaking-where and sent us all to a cottagecore dreamland in the woods. So when she said
Being pretty fond of art and creative crafts in general, my Twitter feed is not only a reminder that these two sectors are well and alive, but that those who are partaking in them are in many distinctive processes changing the way things have been settled for the past decades. The colorful picturesque paintings we
Trigger Warning: This article discusses serious issues regarding minors. I’m no stranger to the tumult of social media and its inhabitants. I’ve written extensively on the relationship between social media and mental health, relatability culture, family vloggers, commentary channels, and more. The internet is a fascinating, irresistible landscape, chock-full of social dynamics and divisions just
Black culture is so heavily ingrained in pop culture that people unfamiliar with aspects of Black culture have reimagined Black culture to be the gateway to popularity. So many of the popular things we see on the daily like music, fashion and comedy are led by Black people, to the point where Black is sort
