The Novelist’s Holy Grail
Despite the impossibility of this, "The Next Great American Novel" remains a siren song for authors eager to capture the complex beauty of this country.
The Male Gaze: A Lens That Shapes Female Identity and Self-Worth
Even today, societal expectations often pressure women to conform to certain gendered standards, which promotes a very narrow view of femininity.
Threads Of The Past
The articles of clothing, with their individual cuts, patterns, and embellishments you used to favor– now sit in your wardrobe as relics of chapters you’ve discarded.
Superhuman or SubHuman?
What do you believe about yourself? How do you treat yourself? Are you happy with the life you have made for yourself?
Flesh For Fantasy: The Rise of Body Horror in Film
Is the gore just for shock value? Is showing excessive violence against women under the guise of metaphor valid or exploitative? Is body horror just more Hollywood schlock?
For the Love of Cassette Tapes and VHS Tapes
One of my earliest memories was plugging VHS tapes into my mom’s old gray Toshiba TV– the remote long lost.
The Virtuoso and His Conduit: Mozart and the Modern Performer
This recent discovery offers more than just a melody on paper, it is a reawakening of his voice, a fragment of a master's echo finally returning after centuries.
The Myth of the Perfect Wedding Dress
The search for the perfect wedding dress is considered a rite of passage for every woman representing a moment that encapsulates happiness and total bliss because you have found “the one”.
Generative AI: Hollow Art
If we cut artists out of the picture we are left with a hollow shell of what is the pinnacle of humanity.
Lacey, Oh Lacey
When I see lace now, whether encased behind glass at the Isabella Gardner’s Museum in Boston or on a shirt tucked away in my closet, it is a reminder of the invisible thread tying me to the people I love.
Art: the craft of simply being
Art lives in the rhythm of our daily lives, in the clothes we choose, the music we immerse ourselves in, and the emotions those choices evoke.
Ballroom: Come one, Come All
It is come one, come all in the ballroom scene. Whether you're in sweats or a gimp suit.
Can't keep up with a diary? A scrapbook might be for you
By arranging the mementos that you keep artistically, you can make a collage of your life without feeling as vulnerable as when writing your thoughts down in a diary.
The Unexpected Fashion Phenomenon of the Season: Dress To Impress
Dress To Impress players can get quite vicious with their critiques, if they don’t like your outfit they will let you know, but that is part of the fun - it’s competition, it’s politics, it’s fashion!
Generational Trends In Fashion: Does Fashion History Repeat Itself?
Each generation leaves a distinctive mark on fashion, shaping styles that, while reinterpreted in a modern context, are forever intertwined with their origin era.
A Silent Immortality: the Artist’s Muse
Artists are masters of transcending mortality, with work adorning public walls, and their lives fully investigated. Meanwhile, their subjects, often women, are relegated to the background of history; bound in oil, personal legacies erased by time.
A New Era of Celebrity: Chappell Roan
Unlike many celebrities who accept or even embrace the pedestal they’re placed on, Roan challenges the current idea of fame itself.
A Magical Night With Omar Apollo
Like a movie you can’t take your eyes away from. That’s how I would describe Omar Apollo’s concert in Miami during his God Said No Tour at FPL Solar Amphitheater.