Features
DITL: A Day in Their Lives
Content creation has generated a job market of its own. Where do Pennfluencers fit into it?
Ego Of The Week
Ego of the Month: Stephanie Skinner
The weight of the crown is no stranger to Stephanie Skinner.
By
Jackson Ford
Focus
No Punches Pulled
Every time they step into the ring, bare–knuckle boxers put their bodies on the line. What are they fighting for?
What's Toastin'?
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PennConnects
Focus
False Bodies Online
As technology has advanced, so has the ability to commit acts of violence in cyberspace.
Focus
In Bloom: An Afternoon at the Philadelphia Flower Show
The event is an immersive look at how both visitors and exhibitors connect with heritage and native landscapes.
By
Saanvi Ram
This month's print issue
Style
The Language of Looksmaxxing
Clavicular himself isn’t just the newest face of incel jargon, but also the most prominent product of how language shapes perception.
By
Insia Haque
Read this issue's Letter from the Editor.
Ego Of The Week
Ego of the Week: Luna Chen
From student–run five course dinner pop–ups, to mentorship in SPARK, this senior has built community across campus
Nominate someone you know for Ego of the Week here.
Film & TV
Film & TV
Certainly! Let’s Break Down AI Usage In Film
How theories in film vastly predated technological evolution, and how we seem to have learned nothing about the dangers of new inventions.
Blumhouse: A Studio With Guts (and Gore)
How this horror studio keeps the nightmare factory churning.
Why Do We Adapt Video Games?
What gets lost when you take the player out of the game—and what has to replace it.
By
Henry Metz
Never Mind
Paramount’s win of Warner Bros. Discovery over Netflix signals a larger transformation, as Hollywood studios merge to survive a scale–driven streaming market.
By
Henry Metz
Music
Is Harry Styles Proof White Boys Can’t Dance?
After soul–searching on Europe’s dance floors for two years, Harry Styles returns a little rusty and mostly unchanged.
The Grammys Didn’t Go Golden … Why?
The barriers to critical recognition for songs from animated films are undeserved.
By
Remy Lipman
Arts
Arts
Furniture as Art in ‘A World in the Making: The Shakers’
These early Quakers are shaking up the art gallery world, one chair at a time.
Bald Fear and Blue Erotica
Discovering myself and community at the Blue Man Group show.
By
Aaron Tokay
Noah Davis Retrospective at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
A mediation on the beauty and collective suffering of the human experience.
By
Jenny Le
Style
Style
The Language of Looksmaxxing
Clavicular himself isn’t just the newest face of incel jargon, but also the most prominent product of how language shapes perception.
By
Insia Haque
Gazing Into a Very Chinese Mirror
What happens when The Beautiful Country shows its pores?
By
Jason Zhao
Thinness is Back. So What?
The ideal American body is a constant negotiation between class anxiety, youth nihilism, and desire for novelty. But Italy knows something about beauty that America doesn’t.
By
Laura Gao
Saks Just Filed for Bankruptcy: Should Other Department Stores Be Scared?
As locations shut their doors across the country, customers, vendors, and industry experts are left wondering what’s to come for the shaky future of department store shopping.
