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Protected: Disrupters, Disconnects, and Dicks

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Disrupters, Disconnects, and Dicks
Emma Healy
I’m not a huge fan of Nev Schulman or the show Catfish in general, but I didn’t think it was this bad. Personally, if I’m not super into a person or show I’m not going to check up on them, which is probably why I didn’t know that he was (according to Healy) and complete dick. Apparently he has changed his ways since his days of getting kicked out of Sarah Lawrence, but can becoming celibate really cause such a complete 180? From assaulting people and being called a “condescending, entitled, reprehensible tool” to becoming an international man of *online dating* mystery, Schulman seems to be alright (I guess). I think what I most agree with is Healy saying that the show Catfish is more like a small bundled of weird and awkward short films rather than a “reality TV show.” Overly dramatic and super, SUPER awkward bursts of human interaction are way too much for me to handle watching for five minutes, let alone having me sit through an entire episode.

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Protected: To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This

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To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This
Mandy Len Catron
I’m so happy that I decided to read this article, as I think it might actually have just become my new favorite article on the internet. As someone who loves love, this really hit me right in the feels. I love being in love, I love watching other people fall in love, I love reading/seeing/hearing about love; I’m an emotional person okay, get over it. To be honest, at the beginning when the writer starts to talk about the work of psychologist Arthur Aron and how he managed to make two complete strangers fall deeply in love… in a laboratory. So, off the bat, weird, but I’m into it.

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Protected: Going Way Too Deep Down the Rabbit Hole With Nicki Minaj’s Recent Bar Mitzvah Appearance – Rembert Browne

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I just need to take a second and put it out there that this might be my favorite analytical article that has ever been written… ever. I have so much to say about this but I need to do some Googling first. This article is based on Nicki Minaj’s attendance of some eighth graders Bar Mitzvah and the only thing I can think of right now is, like, why? I did some digging. Turns out Bar Mitzvah boy’s name is Matt Murstein who, according to Business Insider, is the son of Andrew Murstein.

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Protected: Where Germans Make Peace With Their Dead – Burkhard Bilger

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I don't know how I feel about this piece. I honestly have no idea. I'm going to talk it out here and then make a decision. This piece written for the New Yorker was 8,647 words long, and I feel like there was so much going on he should have scrapped the New Yorker and started a book because I really could not tell you what was actually going on. It starts off with Bilger talking about his grandmother and her fondness for the dead.

Callie Lutter- Gallery

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A map posted at the train station of the lines that run in Center City. Nearly 4 million people ride trains on these tracks every year. A SEPTA train stopping to pick up passengers heading into Center City. Many of the SEPTA stations have cafes inside them, Elcy's Cafe is located inside the Glenside station on the Warminster Line. Dylan uses SEPTA weekly, and was waiting for his train.

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Protected: Becoming Ugly

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Becoming Ugly by Madeleine Davies

I'm becoming tired. I'm tired of having to read stories like this one by other angry women who are becoming tired and becoming ugly because of the exact same reasons spewed out in this piece. Davies starts by recounting her first taste of disdain after being continuously assaulted by one of her "friends" and goes on to recount her life experiences that have made her want to become ugly. Women in our day and age have been taught over and over to not trust men, don't trust the guy at the bar who wants to buy you a drink, don't trust the group of men walking towards you on the street, don't trust the man you turn down after he suggests the idea of going out to dinner. Why is this on us?