My first job out of college was with a children’s clothing company, where I found myself doing all sorts of odd tasks, like ironing teeny, tiny onesies or sweeping up cupcake crumbs after a photo shoot with 7-year-old twins. On the side, I worked as a freelance photographer and wrote feminist and postcolonial essays (which … Continue reading Millennial Hustle: Polly Gregory
2017 Vulture Festival Los Angeles: Saturday
Imagine being airdropped down into the dead center of your favorite pop culture obsession—be it TV, film, or podcast. That’s probably the easiest way to describe the whirlwind that was this weekend’s Vulture Festival at The Hollywood Roosevelt. Read on for some of the highlights from Day One. Stranger Things: Inside the Upside Down There … Continue reading 2017 Vulture Festival Los Angeles: Saturday
Search Party: The Best TV Show I Never Knew I Needed
There’s a scene in the very first episode of the TBS show Search Party where protagonist Dory Sief (Alia Shawkat), looking straight out of Beacon’s Closet, enters an NYC rooftop party through an open window, joining other thriftshop-clad millennials who are trying to impress each other IRL with padded resume credentials and Instagram-ready “candid” poses. The party paints … Continue reading Search Party: The Best TV Show I Never Knew I Needed
Get Your Pop Culture Fix at Vulture Festival Los Angeles
Calling all pop culture lovers: Are you feeling a little empty inside after realizing you blew through the new season of Stranger Things this Halloweekend? Did that fresh new trailer for Annihilation leave you chomping at the bit for Natalie Portman’s next performance? Perhaps you’re already missing the cast of Scandal even though there are still three episodes … Continue reading Get Your Pop Culture Fix at Vulture Festival Los Angeles
The House of Peroni Arrives Stateside
Debuting in London back in 2013, The House of Peroni is an annual event series that highlights a dynamic mix of forward-thinking artists and craftsmen. The vibrant, immersive pop-up experience hosts both private and public events, from intimate artist Q&A’s to live performances, and features a cafe bar and lounge for guests to relax and … Continue reading The House of Peroni Arrives Stateside
One Day in a Nation of Guns: Grappling with the Aftermath of Las Vegas
Sometimes, a tragedy is so immense and unfathomable in scope that it becomes a challenge to process what exactly has happened, much less how to move forward. Such seems to be the case for many in the wake of the Las Vegas shooting last week, which claimed 58 lives and injured at least 500 others. … Continue reading One Day in a Nation of Guns: Grappling with the Aftermath of Las Vegas
Ladies We Love: Bea Troxel
Full disclosure: I’ve known folk songstress Bea Troxel since she was a high school junior, when we met at a Laura Marling show in Nashville under awkward and somewhat uncomfortable circumstances. As these things tend to go, we became friends shortly after, which likely makes my assessment of her music somewhat biased. However, as a … Continue reading Ladies We Love: Bea Troxel
St. Vincent’s Trippy Take on “New York”
Surrealism meets 2017 high fashion in the new music video for “New York,” the latest single from St. Vincent (a.k.a. Annie Clark). The song, a melancholy piano ballad released back in June, marked a sharp turn for the guitar goddess, whose eponymous 2014 album featured distorted, angular guitar riffs that put her on the map—not … Continue reading St. Vincent’s Trippy Take on “New York”
Homelands, Handmaids, and HerStories at the 2017 LA Times Festival of Books
With a captivating lineup, on-point panel topics, and several hundred book lovers willing to brave the rain, last year’s Festival of Books was certainly hard to beat. Though arguably, this year’s iteration may have been even better—and the sunny weather was only the beginning. The two-day event featured a similar format to years past, but … Continue reading Homelands, Handmaids, and HerStories at the 2017 LA Times Festival of Books
Lit Ladies: A Reading List for International Women’s Day
There’s a lot going on in honor of International Women’s Day, but if you’re unable to participate in today’s many, many activities, know that it’s totally 100% okay. As a friend so aptly put it, “[M]any (if not most) women do not have the luxury of not working or not engaging in unpaid/paid work on International … Continue reading Lit Ladies: A Reading List for International Women’s Day
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