What Responses to Hurricane Sandy Tell Us
by: Khai Devon Over the past week or so, I’ve been glued to my Facebook news feed, real news feeds and texts from my friends in New York, Maryland and […]
Category Archives: Media/Entertainment
Viewer Beware: 20 Scary Flicks to Catch this Halloween
by: Kevin Sparrow I grew up reading Goosebumps and Fear Street, watching Are You Afraid of the Dark? and Joe Bob Briggs’ MonsterVision on Saturday nights, and writing very many […]
I Think I’m Starting to Hate Taylor Swift, and I Don’t Like It
by: Nico Lang I first became aware of the fact that Taylor Swift was a thing in 2008—because the internet (and almost every girl I knew) told me that I […]
Sympathy for the Past: Why I Hate Ryan Murphy
by: Timothy O. My last post for IOW raged on The New Normal. Our comrade, Nico, produced an exceptional piece for the Huffington Post on a similar distaste for TNN. […]
25 Little-Known Tidbits About Hocus Pocus
by: Nico Lang Like almost everyone else in the world, Hocus Pocus was one of my favorite movies as a kid. I would curl up on the couch with my […]
The Show’s Over: Why I Was a Theatre Kid
by: Addison Bell The first musical I saw was Grease. I can’t remember how old I was, but I was in elementary school. My class walked up the street to watch […]
The Avengers of My Childhood: The Video Games That Raised Me
by: Max Alborn Author’s Note: this article is written from the perspective of a nerd raised almost entirely on console gaming. No PC gaming for this kid. Couldn’t afford the […]
Five Actors Who’ve Never Been Nominated for Oscars – But Should.
by: Philip Siegel This year, Richard Gere and Ewen McGregor have strong shots of getting nominated for an Oscar. Gere is winning raves for playing a Bernie Madoff type in […]
Social Networking and Why I “Like” Phenomena
by Sophie Turton Sometimes I toy with the idea of saying ta-ta to Facebook and Twitter, Pinterest and Tumblr. Other times I purr around the notion of becoming a vegan, […]
Did the New OneRepublic Song Rip Off Florence + the Machine?
by: Nico Lang America, the dog days aren’t over after all. If you’re a big fan of the Florence + the Machine song on which this pun is based, you […]
