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Gina Pepitone interviews Mary-Kay Lombino, Deputy Director and Curator for the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, on how the art world has adapted amidst "multiple pandemics.”
Charlie Hobbs breaks down the Critics Film Awards predictions for 2021.
Charlie Hobbs breaks down the very confusing (to say the least) Golden Globes nominations and gives his takes on who will win, who could win, who should win, and who should’ve been nominated
Elizabeth Slein discusses the meaning of style and her personal reckoning with her own style
Morgan Stevenson-Swadling’s open response to Emily Ratajkowski’s article in the Cut.
Danielle Ncube shares a love letter to SZA and all carefree Black girls
Clarissa Hyde talks about trash diaries and talks with other students on what their journals mean to them right now in the pandemic.
Kara Lu muses on her experiences with TikTok
Writer Sydney Salk shares her inside account of a house party, commenting on the Vassar party culture in a state of sobriety.
Gina Pepitone talks with The Underground about how ethical consumerism can help combat the exploitation of laborers
Multiple levels, hundreds of racks of organized clothing, Live DJs spinning out reverberating beats- welcome to one of the largest H&M Stores in New York City. From its open layout to impossibly high ceilings, every customer feels small in this shining beacon of the global fashion industry.
Hindley Wang talks to Vassar Students Sarah Chapman and Diego Scala Chavez about their decision to bleach their hair.
“Early in the final act of Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Marianne (Noémie Merlant) places the finishing touches on a portrait of Héloïse (Adèle Haenel). The painter’s brush moves to the collarbone on the canvas, which she dabs with gentle certainty. In the audience, my own shoulders shot to my ears. I was sure, for a moment, that I had felt those bristles on my own neck.”
Charlie Hobbs remarks on the nostalgia of Gossip Girl, 00s TV and fashion
Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite is the highest grossing foreign film in the US in 2019. What makes it so buzz worthy and, as awards season approaches, what does this mean for the place of Foreign Films like this at the Oscars? Read Sydney Salk’s review and commentary.
Aidan Zola talks about working at a local consignment shop and the growing popularity of secondhand shops
Elizabeth Johnson muses about the concept of curating an aesthetic on social media.
Lucy Posner talks about her time hypebeats, the lack of female representation in street style culture, and Supreme’s Barbara Kruger collection
Movie buff Charlie Hobbs gives his thoughts on ‘Hustler’s’ (2019).