

Phoebe Bridgers’ Lost Tour: A Phone-less Experience
By Jenna Skok After a four-year-long hiatus from solo-touring, the beloved Phoebe Bridgers makes a memorable return with her Lost Tour, enforcing a no phones or digital device policy upon entering the venue. Bridgers hinted at this unique style of live performing during the spring of this year with her “secret” shows performed at small venues across the United States (specifically in cities with reported UFO activity.) Upon announcing her official tour on Instagram, Bridgers
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Beating Cabin Fever: Things to Do Inside
By Audrianna Imka With sub-zero temperatures and an astronomical snowstorm working its way across the country comes the all-too-familiar Midwest feeling of being stuck inside. Hazardous driving conditions and the blistering cold are enough of an excuse to turn down plans that involve trekking to a secondary location. I saw a TikTok recently that was captioned, “so many hobbies, so little time.” What better time to explore all things habitual than the notoriously dreary early
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Feb 18


Queer Eye’s Final Season Delivers Heart and Headaches
From sweet sibling reunions to a comedic tour guide, the show ends its run with memorable transformations and a couple of puzzling choices. Queer Eye has been making headlines recently, and not just because its tenth and final season premiered Wednesday. Rumors of tension within the cast have circulated since Bobby Berk’s departure in 2023. Berk’s expertise was in home design and was a member of the Fab Five for eight seasons before refusing to renew his contract. Karamo Bro
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Feb 18


Man’s Best Friend Made me Feel like an Acquaintance
By Maia LeClair Photo provided by The New York Times Freshly single and not yet ready to mingle, Sabrina Carpenter’s newest album Man’s Best Friend is an ambivalent mix of femininity, humor and overly synth-heavy beats. Dropping amid the wake of the infamous Sydney Sweeney/American Eagle advertisement, many online compared the two to be similarly pushing an agenda of patriarchal white-girl submission. But instead of seriously leaning into the idea of blonde hair marking goo
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