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 […]
By MIA JACOBS During her freshman year at NYU, Micah Pegues, now 20, had a realization. As she scanned the display shelves of magazine stands, she found a lack of diversity. These magazines were created by white people, for white people. “I didn’t see any magazines that I related to […]
By PRISCILLA MALAVET ALVARADO For Alondra Rivera, a film and photography major student at NYU, taking her instant camera to gatherings always seems to end up in the same way; her friends fighting over who will get the only Instagram-worthy picture she has taken of them.
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.
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, […]
By MIA JACOBS It’s been a long day at school: two tests, dropped your coffee, the subway was delayed. At home, you light a Le Labo scented candle, cleanse your face with Glossier Milky Jelly, and lather on your favorite Fresh clay mask. Caring for yourself is important, and having […]
By SYDNEY BRASON “Millennial pink” is all around me. On my feet, the dusty rose-colored Fenty X Puma by Rihanna fur slides, and on my coffee table, my rose-gold circular RayBans. The web browser tabs on my MacBook contain online shopping bags featuring a pale-pink bomber jacket and a pair of […]
A perfectly tanned, toned, blonde woman, decked in red lipstick and red lingerie, stares at me from my laptop screen. Kalel, a YouTube star with two million followers, is instructing “How To Get A Victoria’s Secret Model Body.” Her secret (beyond endless workouts) for the last five years: a plant-based […]
Fashion trends have brought about some of the strangest looks like Britney and Justin’s famed denim on denim look. If you grew up in the 90s, most likely you had the biggest crush on Aaron Carter, owned at least three Tamagotchis, and had a drawer full of different colored scrunchies. […]
By JENNA JARDINE The icy wind on the Hudson invigorates the crowd of moviegoers, clutching their pre-ordered tickets, at Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11. They brave the rowdy streets of New York City on St. Patrick’s Day not to see an action-packed blockbuster or a tear-jerking drama, but a film […]