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The New Shabbat
By JESSICA WEINBERG Challah, wine, chicken soup, and some blessings. Those are the age-old ingredients for the typical Shabbat dinner, and tradition has gained following among some millennials, both observant and non-religious. In an era where Snapchat, FaceTime, and email exchanges have replaced in person interactions, Shabbat dinner has become […]
What’s Your Sign?
By EMMA RUDD This week, Lily Siskind’s hair is bright pink, a drastic change from last week’s slime green. It’s made even brighter next to her piercing black lipstick, which remains perfectly painted on her lips throughout the day as if by a magical force. Her softball-sized round spectacles, always […]
Still No Electricity: 6 Months After María
By PRISCILLA MALAVET ALVARADO Six months after Hurricane Maria, life for many of the rural town of Aibonito still feels like the immediate aftermath of the storm. College student Johanna Hernández Pérez and her parents are still without electricity. Powered by a small generator, energy is reserved for keeping the […]
Instagram’s Latest Trend, Kids.
By JESSICA WEINBERG Open Instagram and you will probably see at least one post featuring a child. No, a wave of toddlers has not suddenly started their own. Rather, it’s their parents: millennial mothers using their kids as their latest accessory.
High Heels and Tight Dresses: Sexy or Sexist?
By PRISCILLA MALAVET ALVARDO Tight jeans, a crop top and sneakers could get you in at one of tighten opens the doors to hot clubs in my hometown of San Juan, but that’s not the case here in New York City if you want to be seen partying at one […]
A Supreme Queen Among The Hypebeasts
In the boy’s world of buying and selling streetwear, a woman comes out on top. By MIA JACOBS With lawn chairs, sleeping bags, and blankets, the bundled up young men start lining up in the pre-dawn hours on Lafayette Street. By the time the sun comes up on Thursday mornings, […]
Commercials: A Day Of Work, A Year Of Rent
BY: MADISON L’INSALATA It’s no secret in this performing arts business making money doing what we love can be hard, especially when you’re just starting out. Sometimes we say no to the jobs we really want to do and yes to the ones that aren’t so great because the former […]
Fatal Attraction: How the Bad Boy Stole Our Hearts
By EMMA RUDD In 1116, the esteemed philosopher Abelard wrote to a friend that he was sure he could seduce a brilliant scholar named Heloise. “I was famous myself at the time, young, and exceptionally good-looking,” he wrote. “And I could not imagine that any woman I thought worthy of […]
