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Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez sports this look at the Sep 13 Met Gala. After paying $35,000 to be there in addition to the cost of the designer dress, the statement written across it is almost laughable.

OPINION: AOC’s Met Gala look made in poor taste

October 8, 2021
Cruella is the latest in a string of live-action reboots of classic Disney animated films, but this latest take disappoints on multiple fronts.

REVIEW: On two fronts, ‘Cruella’ disappoints

June 8, 2021
The phrase Punch Nazis has been elevated from counterprotest message to Internet meme, but how much do people actually mean what they say?

OPINION: Take names and … punch Nazis?

February 9, 2021
Happiest Season styled itself as a feel-good queer holiday rom-com, but the film disappointingly bungles its core messaging of inclusiveness.

REVIEW: ‘Happiest Season’ fumbles its promising holiday rom-com setup

January 1, 2021
Even if teenagers are too young to vote, theyre not too young to get involved in politics.

OPINION: Too young to vote? Pick up the phone

November 3, 2020
A candlelight memorial to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg rests outside the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C. Many mainstream memorials and well-wishes to RBG inadvertently overlook the central Jewish faith that Gingsburg held so dear.

OPINION: In faith, RBG will not rest in peace, nor power

October 29, 2020
OPINION: All Lives Matter obscures black Americans reality

OPINION: ‘All Lives Matter’ obscures black Americans’ reality

June 7, 2020
The phrase eat the rich really stands for the harrowing class difference between billionaires and the majority of working America, as well as the millions of impoverished in our nation.

OPINION: Your new diet should include eating the rich

April 2, 2020
Photo obtained from Netflix

‘Stranger Things’ are coming for Season 4

March 11, 2020
(Photo obtained from IMDB.com) Joker doesnt play around with the notorious supervillains backstory and origins.

REVIEW: ‘Joker’ deadly serious about villain’s origins

October 30, 2019
(Photo obtained from imdb.com)

REVIEW: ‘Us’ shocks, then inspires reflections

May 28, 2019
Photo courtesy of Paris Malone (CC-BY-2.0)

OPINION: Dems fumbled anti-semitic remarks

April 24, 2019
Review or re-view? Bandersnatch lets you pick the thrills

Review or re-view? ‘Bandersnatch’ lets you pick the thrills

February 22, 2019
Photo by Caroline Quinn

Cafeteria gets greener with soil-less growing system

December 18, 2018
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