Who’s This Generation's Kate Hudson? By: Samantha Rosenberg Photograph by Mia Bianco Rom-coms used to dominate the movie industry, with films like How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days , She’s the Man , and 13 Going on 30 . Now, the best out there is People We Meet on Vacation .  There aren’t any new, iconic rom-coms that I can laugh and cry over, and I need that back—now. Instead, what do we get? Sequels. Reboots. Random, half-hearted romantic subplots that are hidden beneath an act

How these one-sided relationships are really affecting the youth’s mental health. by Isabella Hobbs In the age of social media, parasocial relationships are not a new conversation. Psychologists for years have been warning of the harm of these one-sided obsessions.  Parasocial relationships used to consist of fictional characters or Hollywood starlets. Though still negative, these obsessions didn’t hold the same weight they do now.  Social media platforms — especially ones th

By Sophia Ong There’s an important distinction between reputation and reality. Photo By Diya Kapoor My first semester of college, I had a professor with 75 “Awful” reviews on Rate My Professor. I’d gotten a late acceptance and lost the class selection war, stuck with the few classes that still had open seats. But the lectures were interesting, the exams were intuitive, and the professor was incredibly passionate and engaged. Maybe I got lucky, but everyone I knew who attended

Why moving, rebranding, and ‘new era’ energy rarely fixes anything By Lheyaa Mathivanan Graphic by Katie King Remember when you dyed your hair right after that breakup? Or when your wardrobe shifted from bold colors to clean neutrals because everyone else was doing it? Or when you got a septum piercing, a few impulsive tattoos, and quietly decided this was your new personality? Maybe you moved, deleted old photos, unfollowed people, started drinking matcha instead of coffee,

We’re not just a campus, we’re a community. Sophia Ong The dish return area in the West Campus dining hall often has me wondering how people who can’t stack dishes got into BU in the first place. Maybe that’s harsh, but seeing smoothies coat the conveyor or utensils scattered on the belt’s periphery makes me keenly remorseful for the workers who have to deal with the mess.  Consider the difference with the Fenway dining hall. Students are forced to place their dirty dishes on

“To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy” – Hippocrates By Lheyaa Mathivanan Photograph by Emma Almaraz Most days in Boston feel like a sprint. You wake up, rush to class, speed-walk across campus with a coffee that’s still too hot, answer emails between lectures. And yet, somehow you also squeeze in studying, clubs and maybe dinner with friends—if you’re lucky. Even your breaks start to feel like tasks on a checklist. In a city where ambition is the driving force, leisure c

The Thin Line Between Accountability and the “Hive Mind.” By Sofia Galarneau Graphic by Melissa Lemieux How many times in the past five years have we heard  “he/she was cancelled?” No one stays untouchable forever. The same public that builds someone up can decide almost overnight that they’re no longer worth a second glance. Although the phrase “cancel culture” is fairly new—first used in this context around 2016—it already has the power to make someone feel worthless and st

Protecting Friendships While Starting A New Relationship By Samantha Rosenberg Graphic by Melissa Lemieux I am so over feeling guilty when I start a new relationship. It’s a feeling that comes when I first meet someone: I start to think about them, realize I like them and will want to talk to my friends about it. A lot . It’s a consuming feeling—part of me feels like I’m betraying my friends by liking someone else and wanting to spend so much time with them. The beginning of

Why Platonic Break-Ups Hurt So Much More than Romantic By Isabella Hobbs  Graphic by Rhiannon Li Heartbreak is a universal feeling depicted in many forms of media: movies, tv shows, books and songs. We witness the tearful, rainy break up scene while mourning over a tub of ice cream, fantasizing of what could have been, and all the stages of grief that follow.  Many people have also experienced this pain in real life; the way it makes you question who you are anymore, how you’

When Fear Starts Dressing Us   By Rhea El-Madhoun El-Yafi Graphic by Catarina Koehler Forget Vogue; the stock market has always been fashion’s most accurate trend forecaster. When times get tough, hemlines fall, palettes mute and luxury goes quiet.  Welcome to the return of recession chic, where conservatism isn’t just a political stance, it’s a look.  In the 1920s, economist George Taylor came up with the “hemline index,” which is the idea that skirt lengths rise when the ec