Applause For ClapBy Ghia Vitale  Photo Credit: YouTube Clap is a short film that’s written and directed by Allison Raskin. As reflected by the video’s namesake, STI destigmatization is central to the plot. As such, I think this film provides realistic representation that serves as a helpful step towards destigmatizing STIs.
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The Humble Reflections of a Kitchen WitchBy Rachel Rivenbark  One of the earliest memories I have… is bread.
That’s it. Just bread. Indie Folk Goes Back to BasicsBy Ryan Brunt  Courtesy of Bandcamp and Emily Sprague Artistic consistency can be a double-edged sword; while we often applaud artists who can deliver quality albums time and time again, and rightly so, when does consistency turn into repetition? When artists have style and approach that they stick to album after album, it can be difficult to keep the songs interesting and engaging. Florist has no such difficulties on their latest full length, Emily Alone. Although they don’t wander far from what made their first two albums so enjoyable, they still elevate their songwriting in meaningful ways.
And the Crowd RoaredBy Gary Zenker  “Why is there a soccer ball in the shower?” I ask my then-six-year-old son Seth. The soccer ball is a new addition to the usual assortment of action figures and nerf guns. The shower is oversized and can accommodate two people and a few child toys…and apparently, a soccer ball.
Celebrating GlitteratureBy Ryan Brunt  We’re living in a golden age of the literary magazine. The internet has broken down a lot of the barriers to putting together a publication, and as a result, there are countless new magazines with unique aesthetics and identities. One of the standouts of this new generation of publications is glitterMOB, whose latest issue was released in March. I reached out to editors Emily Present and Peter Cole Freidman to discuss their inspirations and what’s in store for glitterMOB.
The Last OneBy Vivian Rachelle  Joseph Lombardi, S.J., killed me by electrocution accidentally, but more importantly, hypothetically.
The Real Heart of the South
By Rachel Rivenbark
Strange though the phrasing may sound, it was a deliberate choice which led to my stating that the three books I am about to present ought to be “experienced” rather than simply “read.” Although all three of them make for very interesting casual reading for the idle foodie looking for something to fill the time, they can also very much be defined as three books which any serious southern food enthusiast ought to read and take to heart.
I Don’t Get It Either: Why Now is the Time for Radical Change By Joanna Patzig  “I don’t understand why anybody goes to all the trouble of running for president of the United
States just to talk about what we really can’t do and shouldn’t fight for. I don’t get it.” - Senator Elizabeth Warren, the Second Democratic Debate of 2019 There were a lot of quotable moments in the last round of debates, and probably more succinct ones than the one above. But this moment stuck with me as a representation of the arresting struggle between political strategy and important political discourse. For context, Senator Warren was responding to former congressman John Delaney’s criticism of her economic positions. Netflix Sci-Fi Film Explores Morality in Technology and MoreBy Rachel Rivenbark  Netflix The role of artificial intelligence in society and how it plays into either the flourishing or destroying of humanity is a topic which seemingly countless sci-fi films have attempted to broach. Everything from The Bicentennial Man to I, Robot to Chappie to the blood-curdling Terminator franchise takes a different approach to this basic everlasting question: what does it take, and what does it mean to be human? I’ve always loved these kinds of movies for the ethical dilemmas they present, but their biggest flaw has often been for their outcomes to be predictable, in one direction or the other. Viewers often know early in the movies who to trust, and which side to root for - that of robotkind, or humankind. I was extremely delighted, however, to note that director Grant Sputore’s new sci-fi film I Am Mother manages to not only make the list of these robo-classics, but also to circumvent this fatal flaw of immediate predictability.
WHYDIN’ WITH BIDEN: A Late Ridin’ with Biden Introduction By Christopher Sloce  Photo by The Center for American Progress Doug Henwood, economic journalist and host of the Left Business Observer, has been asked by a few people if he would do a follow-up on his book on Hilary Clinton’s run for presidency (My Turn). He made a very good point: “He’s dull and third-rate. Hillary is a smart and substantial character, an enemy one can respect. Biden is a waste of protoplasm.”
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