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(11/13/23 2:00pm)
Ann Patchett’s Truth and Beauty: A Friendship is a memoir about her friend and fellow writer, Lucy Grealy. Patchett’s piece is striking for many reasons, one being that people don’t really write about adult friendships. Some of the most popular genres include coming–of–age, romance, fantasy, etc.; All of these rely on friendships, but none center friendships. Even stories that seem to be about friendships at first (think Harry Potter) end in a romance.
(11/09/23 5:00am)
El Fuerte de Loreto is a new, uniquely Mexican and American BYOB in South Philadelphia run by father–son duo Ascencion Sandoval and Ricardo Sandoval. After many years in the restaurant industry, the duo decided to put their skills together, coming from front and back of house respectively, to open El Fuerte de Loreto.
(09/27/23 11:00am)
About a month ago, creators took to TikTok to parody a video of a couple, Lilianna Wilde and Sean Kolar, demonstrating what they called a “love surge.” In this video, which opened with Wilde asking viewers if they “wanna see the cringiest most coupley thing ever,” she animatedly explained that a love surge happens when the couple has “so much love in our limbs that we can’t contain it and feel like we’re gonna explode.” Meanwhile, Kolar stood behind her, shaking and bouncing up and down. When she gave him the cue, telling the audience that “he’s gonna wrap around me and shake with the electricity of love,” Kolar did just that: he, wearing a large grin and letting out a breath, hugged her, sharing the shaking sensation with his girlfriend. They then “explode with a love surge,” in which they both reach up, as if in a stretch.
(06/02/23 2:45pm)
In late February of this year, Congress passed a bill that would block a bill proposed by Biden that allowed retirement funds to consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing. This would have allowed pension fund managers to take into account the effects of climate change when determining where to invest.
(04/17/23 1:00pm)
Senator Josh Hawley (R–Mo.) pushed to fast–track a TikTok ban in March, which was then blocked by Senator Rand Paul (R–Ky.) on Thursday, March 30. Supporters of the ban believe that TikTok, owned by Chinese company ByteDance, is being used by the Chinese government to spy on Americans by gaining access to their devices' data. Opponents claim that banning TikTok would be akin to violation of free speech, and that the amount of data being taken by TikTok is no more than any other app.
(04/07/23 4:00am)
When you think of a celebrity chef, maybe you think of Gordon Ramsey, Jamie Oliver, or Wolfgang Puck. The culinary industry has historically been and continues to be male–dominated. Women have recently began garnering followings through platforms like YouTube and TikTok. These social media platforms provide a way for people who have been traditionally underrepresented in (and overlooked by) the culinary industry to share their cuisines and cultures with the mainstream.
(03/23/23 6:25pm)
“In early modern England the word ‘gossip’ referred to companions in childbirth not limited to the midwife. It also became a term for women friends, with no necessary derogatory connotations,” writes Silvia Federici in her book Witches, Witch–Hunting, and Women.
(03/13/23 10:00am)
TikTok is full of hashtags that end in “–core”: cottagecore, balletcore, normcore. Each of these “cores” relates to an aesthetic or a micro–trend. For example, videos under #balletcore show young women, who are mostly not actual ballerinas, dressing in soft pink, frilly pieces and tying their hair with ribbon. A “–core” on TikTok refers to a certain aesthetic that fringes on being disingenuous.
(02/24/23 11:00am)
Content warning: The following text describes domestic abuse and trauma and can be disturbing and/or triggering for some readers. Please find resources listed at the bottom of the article.