Her left arm hangs off the side of the bed. It is as if her hand is reaching out for them, waiting for them. This is Laurel. For a while, the intruders watch her dream. For a while, they watch her breathe. They know they are saving her. They love her. They love her. This […]
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The release of Twenty One Pilots’ demo for their song “Doubt” on April 9th, a song originally appearing on the album Blurryface all the way back in 2015, offers an opportunity to revisit some of the most influential alternative albums for 2010s teens. Referenced in countless memes both criticizing and poking fun of emo culture,
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The year is 1975, at The Metropolitan Opera House, but the audience isn’t the sophisticated, suffocated, stuck-up crowd you might expect. There are bearded men with heavy makeup, West Village drag queens, people in chapless bottoms, afro-punks. People like Debbie Allen, Cher, and the Cycle Sluts sat in the audience. The theme of the night
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Credit: Pinterest Simply put, exploitation films seek to engage audiences “by means of its sensationalist or controversial content” (Oxford Languages.) It’s a genre of cheaply made “B” Movies that “exploits” divisive content. These films didn’t intend to do much more than sell tickets and keep audiences moderately entertained for the 90 minutes they sat in
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