Culture
air guitar
The ephemeral quality of ‘Airness’
Full of dramatic twists and heartfelt conversations, “Airness” takes us out of the world we’re currently struggling to make our way through and drops us into a niche where you can just let the show transform you for a few hours. Read More
advice
Five outdoor activities to combat the Rochester winter blues
Take some time this semester to explore one (or more!) of my many winter activity suggestions in and around Rochester. Read More
advice
Ask Riley: Hello and welcome!
Everyone needs help from time to time. Yet, not everyone has someone they can turn to for guidance. What I’d like is for people to feel heard and understood. I want them to know that there are other people out there who may be just as confused as they are. Read More
growing up
Grace Conheady’s “Hello, Goodbye, and In Between” is an elegy for those in limbo
While you can just sit and let the instrumentals envelop you in a hazy fog of sound and be perfectly content with the album, focusing on the lyrics adds extra depth that is perfect background fodder for a good cry. Read More
adam mckay
How far off is “Don’t Look Up” from real life?
The film also resonates as an allegory for the pandemic response by our distracted, capitalist country. Read More
Movies
Tick Tick Boom: Don’t fear the passing of time
My message to those of us who are still trying to figure out their true place in life is to pursue what you know you want to do instead of what society tells you to pursue. Read More
Liv on the Edge
Liv on the Edge: Spotify Wrapped, 2021, and me
All of these moments, which slipped through my fingers like tiny grains of sand, are accounted for in my Spotify Wrapped playlist. Read More
Music
Aminé emerges from quarantine with ‘TWOPOINTFIVE,’ his most exciting experiment yet
Aminé takes hyperpop and smoothens out its rough edges — what results is a sugary pop rap record that translates his eccentricity into music. Read More
Campus
Exploring local offerings at the holiday shopping fair
It’s nice that the University made shopping local more accessible to students, especially as UR can be a bit of a bubble. Read More
Culture
Not all representation is good representation
All in all, despite all the social progress we’ve made, if Western media can’t do better than this, then I would rather have them not try at all. Read More
