“Love Is Not the Antidote to All Your Problems:” The Blissful Melancholy of Dove Ellis’s Blizzard
Dove Ellis is Ireland’s newest great poet, a light to illuminate a vapid and apathetic world.
Elliot Anderson
Feb 6


Heavier Metals: One Year of Cameron Winter’s Heavy Metal
The third time I listened to Cameron Winter, I was sitting on a cold and slightly damp rock on the edge of the Georgetown Waterfront, completely alone, watching a bright white heron fly back and forth.
Ariana Hameed
Feb 6


Corruption, Espionage, and Superpowers: The Political Epic of Deniz Camp’s The Ultimates
The Ultimates elevates the comics that came before it by grounding them in our modern political climate, reinvigorating superhero stories with the hopefulness they were originally made to inspire.
Maxine Messina
Feb 6


Mine
What I gave up for you, so that my wish might come true
Kami Steffenauer
Feb 6


"How to Disappear," Or, Rather, How Not To: A Critical Assessment of Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey fans thus might have been prepared for a name change, but not for the music drought that was to come.
Alexis Wilson
Feb 6


Protein Maxxedout
Hi, protein! High protein! Cleanse your mind of all other “p” words in your lexicon. The past? The present? The pernicious passing parcels of peace? There is only one “p” that matters here: “PROTEIN!”
Isabella Pamias
Feb 6


2000s Rave - Party Like It’s 2003 (February 13 @ The Atlantis)
This Friday the 13th – and into the early hours of Valentine’s Day – EDM DJ Synova will take the stage at The Atlantis for its 2000s Rave - Party Like It’s 2003.


Review: KAYTRANADA at Echostage on Dec. 3
How often do you live in your body?
This isn’t a measure of activity, pain, exhaustion, or any external metric—how often do you feel everything, from your temples to your toes, from your core to the envelope of your skin, all at once?
Brendan Carroll
Dec 6, 2025


We Keep Singing
On the unpeopled summit, The glacial ridges hover. Nothing answers the height. Night is eternal– Where the sky stretches, endless. My lament has traversed A millennium. Below, the sea turns– Blue tides, translucent eyes So wide that life cannot cross. Falling, A death-defying tear halts The insurmountable ice. Dream, heart, soul— Each sinks through pressured sapphire Through timeless silence Through lightless depth Where sorrow loses its sound And grief stills. Between heaven
Wendi Wang
Dec 5, 2025
Shut up, Georgetown! Heathers is Taking the Stage
Scrunchies. Croquet. Virgins. Forgery. Murder. Pocketed quietly away in Village C, a high school girl bathed in the spotlight recounts to the audience with her diary entry on the first day of school.

Minhal Nazeer
Dec 3, 2025


Marty Supreme, Perfectly Served
Don’t blink or you might miss Marty Supreme, a comet streak among this year’s film releases.
Isabel Liu
Dec 3, 2025


Another Name for Colonization: Moira Millán’s Terricidio
The sun warmed my skin as I stepped off the bus, a soft kiss amidst the overstimulating chaos of Buenos Aires. Still adjusting to saying summer in February—a small reminder of how far I was from home—I looked between the blooming trees to the skyscrapers high above us as my friends and I made our way to the city center.
Kami Steffenauer
Dec 3, 2025


Slings and Arrows: Bringing Goth Back to D.C. Nightlife
Despite largely self-identifying as a metalhead, I’ve found increasing love for music with a more eerie flair. In pursuit of this new passion, I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Anastasia, a striking figure in the D.C. alternative scene, to talk about all things Goth.
Sasha Jayne
Dec 3, 2025


A Critique of the “Having a Boyfriend Is Embarrassing” Discourse
Recently, a British Vogue article titled “Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?” circulated widely among twenty-something women online.
Zoha Khan
Dec 3, 2025


Snocaps: A Tale of Three Sisters
Waxhatchee (Katie Crutchfield) and MJ Lenderman—two of the biggest names in the modern indie folk-country scene— are fresh off the tracks of an incredibly successful year with both of them earning Grammy nominations for their respective 2024 albums, Tiger’s Blood and Manning Fireworks, both of which were met with near universal critical acclaim.
Kate Heslin
Dec 3, 2025

