

From Young to Bold: Youthful Resistance in Persepolis and at Present
"I have a confession to make: I had my first legal drink before I read my first graphic novel. Luckily, I’ve since amended this, casting aside my graphic novel virginity with Marjane Satrapi’s memoir, Persepolis."
Grace Guernsey
Feb 7


A "Heated" Success - Reflections on the Phenomenon that is Heated Rivalry
[Heated Rivalry] combines a raunchy, intense, angst-driven relationship with an eventual soft, warm-hearted, and sincere emotional tale.
Scarlett Smithen
Feb 6


The Same As Men: Kelsea Ballerini's Mount Pleasant
In her 2025 EP Mount Pleasant, Ballerini rewrites her narrative, devoid of patriarchal expectations and full of unbridled sincerity.
Kami Steffenauer
Feb 6


Five Nights at Freddy’s 2: Behind the Mask
Since its 2014 release, Five Nights at Freddy’s has exploded into a cultural phenomenon, captivating audiences through games, books, ever-popular YouTube playthroughs–and now full-length feature films.
Sasha Jayne
Feb 6


Stop What You’re Doing Right Now and Switch to Tidal
Breaking up with Spotify for the morally conscious listening platform, Tidal.
Quinn Ross
Feb 6


On Everyone’s a Star!, 5 Seconds of Summer Will Be Your New Favorite Boy Band
On 5 Seconds of Summer’s latest album, Everyone’s a Star!, the Australian pop-rock band looks back at their history as a boy band.

Grace Copps
Feb 6


“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it by grounding them in our modern political climate, reinvigorating superhero stories with the hopefulness they were originally made to inspire.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