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CULTURE
What Happened to Boredom?
A reflection on the value of being bored. By Jillian Miller by Jina Thompson When was the last time you remember being bored? Not “I’m bored so I’ll scroll on my phone,” Not “I’m bored so I’ll sift through Netflix till I find something I’m interested in,” but bored as in nothing to do but stare at the fly on the wall. Nothing to do but watch cars go by outside the front window. I can’t. If eight-year-old me heard me say how I miss being bored, she would think I was crazy, b
Jillian Miller
3 days ago
EXPLORE THE BUZZ IN POP CULTURE
What Happened to Boredom?
A reflection on the value of being bored. By Jillian Miller by Jina Thompson When was the last time you remember being bored? Not “I’m bored so I’ll scroll on my phone,” Not “I’m bored so I’ll sift through Netflix till I find something I’m interested in,” but bored as in nothing to do but stare at the fly on the wall. Nothing to do but watch cars go by outside the front window. I can’t. If eight-year-old me heard me say how I miss being bored, she would think I was crazy, b
Jillian Miller
3 days ago3 min read
The Ethical Dilemma of Taking the Elevator
How many floors is enough? By Julia Palor It’s simple: You get out of a boring lecture, and the first thing you do is head straight to your dorm to recharge. Depending on what floor you’re on, you take the elevator or maybe the stairs. As a seventh-floor resident (and a previous tenth-floorer), the elevator is my go-to. As an avid elevator user, I’m often in the middle of some pretty awkward conversations. (I swear I’m not listening on purpose, but we’re literally shoulder
Julia Palor
Oct 92 min read
To Speak or to Die
Why Kant & Augustine Would Want You to Tell Them You Love Them By Angelica Marin Graphic by Arrow Kempthorne Immanuel Kant’s moral pillars are among the best known in philosophy, much like St. Augustine's. These two ethical powerhouses can seem very different, yet their teachings share two key maxims: universality and intention. Universality means their rules apply to everyone, and intention meaning they believe intention carries more weight than consequence. Let’s say, for
Angelica Marin
Sep 252 min read
The Dinner Party That Changes Everything: Olivia Wilde Bets It All on The Invite
By Lheyaa Mathivanan (Left) Penelope Cruz, (right) Olivia Wilde. Courtesy of A24 “Do you guys want to do this thing that will kind of be like an off-Broadway play?” That was Olivia Wilde’s pitch to Seth Rogen, Penelope Cruz, and Edward Norton for The Invite, a dinner party gone so delightfully wrong. Fresh off a Sundance premiere that triggered a frantic bidding war, Wilde brought her high-stakes directorial venture to IFF Boston. There, she sat down with six local college s
Lheyaa Mathivanan
Jul 55 min read
Why Everyone Is Filming the Same Sunset
It’s a common impulse to capture moments on camera, but why? Grace LaPlaca Photograph by Mia Bianco Stand at a viewpoint, any viewpoint worth standing at, and you will see them: arms raised, phones tilted, faces half-lit by the screen held between themselves and the sky. They are filming a sunset. So is everyone beside them. So, probably, are you. The instinct feels almost biological. Something beautiful is happening, and we reach for a device to capture it. The question wor
Grace LaPlaca
Apr 242 min read
Your Brain on Brainrot
What in the Ohio skibidi sigma rizz is going on? By Nikki Lipner Scroll through your TikTok feed for long enough, and you're sure to stumble across clips of memes, microtrends, and catchphrases, all while your attention span is slowly shifting away. This phenomenon is known as "brainrot," a term coined to describe wasting time engaging with seemingly meaningless content for long enough for it to infiltrate your mind. This harmless scrolling has rewired our brains to the extr
Nikki Lipner
Apr 173 min read
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