Culture
coming out
Ask Riley: Coming Out
In any case, the most important thing is to understand and process what being bisexual means to you. Not everyone who is bisexual experiences it the same way: human sexuality is fascinating.
sage art center
Art in the Anthropocene: A look at Anna Lussier’s ‘Ecology in Dystopia’
Overall, Lussier’s exhibition is an impressive commentary on the unidimensional approach to environmentalism often seen in modern politics and education.
Marvel
‘Shang-Chi’ serves comedy of the worst kind
“Shang-Chi” is a waste of time. The writers thought they were making some drama regarding intergenerational conflict, accepting your past, and unhealthy obsessions. But if you really want to explore these themes, just watch Yasujiro Ozu films, because the “Shang-Chi” writers treat these topics with a severe lack of sensitivity.
Movies
‘Level 16’ teaches us to think ahead in a world of oppression
While the idea of oppression and having all your rights stripped away remains unthinkable, we can learn something about how we can work better in an oppressive world through characters who face these tribulations and grow to understand the mechanisms that bind them.
mitski
Out of a two-year hiatus, Mitski explores relationships in ‘Laurel Hell’
“Laurel Hell” takes an axe to the typical idea of love songs and gives us a deeper, realer, more melancholic take on the gray areas of struggling through a relationship.
pete davidson
Davidson overcomes a rough crowd
UR proved last night why comedians can’t perform at colleges anymore. I am glad to have had the opportunity to see Davidson perform. However, I was not proud to be a Yellowjacket last night.
hartnett gallery
Artist Sandra Brewster gives Sawyer Seminar on art, migration, and memory
Brewster said her art is about migration, memory, community, identity, intimacy — all subjects that she has tackled for the duration of the “Blur” series.
disney
CT talks about Bruno (no, no, no)
Disney’s “Encanto” has gotten us talking, sharing, and taking the first steps towards addressing internal struggles we may have been blind to, but so desperately needed to attend to.
tv show
Derry Girls reminds us to continue living, amidst an insane world
It highlights the idea that while history is being made, mundane things are happening. In history books, these moments could be described as earth-shattering and groundbreaking, but in reality, life keeps on being lived as it was.
game
Wordle: back to basics
What started as a romantic gift didn’t just evolve into one of the most-popular games on the Internet, but managed to remind people of the beauty in simplicity.