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(10/25/17 5:34pm)
Middle school is awkward. No matter how much distance we get from those three long years, your mind can always resurface memories that involuntarily make you cringe on your own behalf. Big Mouth, now streaming on Netflix, offers a 22–minute portal back into that embarrassing, embarrassing world; except this time, all your friends are voiced by famous comedians. Creator Nick Kroll brings along his cabal of hilarious friends (Jenny Slate, Fred Armisen, Kristen Wiig, Jordan Peele—the list keeps going) to voice the bizarre characters that inhabit the Westchester suburb where our protagonists face the trials and tribulations of junior high.
(10/26/17 7:23pm)
Six friends in their late 20s giggle as they sit in an oddly–named cafe, “Central Perk." Chandler Bing, rocking his slightly uncoordinated outfit, talks about his day. Apparently, something sucky happened at work with his coworker, and he made a complete fool out of himself while attempting to flirt with some girl. He then goes on and makes a series of hilarious jokes about his bad day. The group can’t stop laughing, and neither can the audience.
(10/23/17 10:41pm)
The Body Electric is Penn’s poetry writing group based in the Kelly Writers House. Named after a Walt Whitman poem, the club aims to foster a collaborative space for poets to workshop and share each other’s writing.
(10/23/17 10:37pm)
Book: Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney
(10/24/17 12:35am)
One Liberty Place, soon to be demoted to only the third tallest building in Philadelphia, was once the unchallenged pioneer of the city’s ever–evolving skyline. Clad in glass, very, very fancy marble, and capped by a tiered, art deco top complete with a spire, the building was extremely controversial when it was built in 1984.
(10/30/17 4:16am)
As young children, many of us calmed ourselves by drawing in coloring books or finger painting. The familiar process of working with one's hands to create something beautiful has therapeutic potential for both children and adults. Enter the world of Art Therapy: the use of drawing, sculpting, or painting to address trauma, reconcile emotional conflicts, reduce anxiety, and build self esteem. Art Therapy can take place in a one–on–one or group setting, and it's often included in the treatment plans of hospitals, wellness centers, nursing homes, and schools. This kind of therapy works best for individuals who have suffered trauma, have a health disability, or suffer from mental illness. In order to conduct, Art Therapy practitioners must have a Masters degree in cognitive therapy and be members of the American Art Therapy Association, according to the AATA. While this type of therapy is practiced all over the world, there are a few practices right on Penn’s campus.
(10/24/17 12:26am)
An animation with pixelated effect that requires 3D viewing, a slideshow of female scientists throughout history, archival pigment prints made from a file produced with EASEL software—if for a second you're wondering whether you are in an art gallery or a science museum, then bingo, you got the gist of the exhibition Making/Breaking the Binary: Women, Art & Technology (1968-1985). The exhibit, curated by Kelsey Halliday Johnson (MFA '12), is on view until December 8 at the Rosenwald–Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts.
(10/17/17 10:38pm)
Jennifer Egan is chill. Jennifer Egan seems almost impenetrably calm, drifting into the Penn Bookstore in a leather jacket and musing about whether or not the weather’s too hot for her boots—“Should I get a pair of flip flops?” she says. Behind her, the Penn Bookstore staff nudge each other and whisper behind their hands. One asks her about a small, specific passage at the end of her Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, A Visit from the Goon Squad; she glances across the store while she thinks of the answer, past the rows of shelves where her books are on display and the mound of copies of her latest book, Manhattan Beach, which debuted October 3. When the bookstore staff asks her to sign them, she loops a tidy scrawl across the page with an aloof sense of having done this again and again. She’s not often recognized, she says—“That’s the nice thing about being a writer,"—but in this store, on her old campus, she’s something of a supernova.
(10/17/17 7:21pm)
Those of you who loved the show or movie(s) Sex and the City probably found your newsfeed spammed over the past few weeks with the drama surrounding the potential of a third Sex and the City movie. From the possibility of replacing Kim Cattrall for the character of Samantha to the unearthed drama between the four actresses, these articles were disappointing. The most heartbreaking report of all, however, was the conclusion that there will not be a third Sex and the City movie.
(10/16/17 10:52pm)
I stand outside 2401 Walnut Street, looking up at the banner overhead with “Psychic Readings” lettered into the fabric. The neon sign plastered on the window tells me it’s open. I ring the bell, but it's only after two minutes or so that the door actually opens. When it does, I'm greeted by Mrs. Lena, who looks a little confused, but nonetheless welcomes me in.
(10/23/17 10:22pm)
Tucked into the frantic shuffling of College Hall’s third floor is a discreet stairway winding its way up into the mysterious Philomathean Hall. When the space isn’t hosting talks with professors or student presentations, it houses art collections comprised of both student and outside works. The latest of these is curated by Prakash Mishra (W'19, E'19) and focuses on the sexuality and gender identities of different Asian groups. The exhibit explores themes of history, fetishization, stereotyping, and personal experience. Each of these separate perspectives on queer identity is placed into its own section comprised of both visual and written works. The exhibition ran from October 11th to October 13th and was free and open to all individuals.
(10/16/17 10:46pm)
There are two types of courses offered at Penn: those that take you on a trip to Europe and those that don't.
(10/13/17 11:08pm)
This Friday is Oct. 13, which means that the horror movie industry is about to implode, but also that Halloween is starting early this year. Musicians love Halloween and scary stories, and this horror–movie–worthy playlist provides the tracks to prove it. There are songs about ghosts, vampires, and zombies that are dark, exciting, and catchy. This playlist also features songs from the movie American Satan which comes out this Friday, Oct. 13, starring Black Veil Brides vocalist Andy Biersack and Asking Alexandria guitarist Ben Bruce with Palaye Royale’s Remington Leith lending his vocals to the soundtrack. Added to that is all the spooky rock for your pre–pre–gaming needs.
(10/13/17 9:38pm)
While Moon Boots’ previous discography consists of reliably strong singles, his debut album, First Landing, represents more of a giant leap than small steps. Throughout his entire career, Brooklyn’s Pete Dougherty, or Moon Boots, has consistently churned out groovy music that blurs the line between disco and electronic, and First Landing is no exception. The opening one–two punch of the song "Fortune Teller," followed by "Keep the Faith," could not be a better leading act for the album. While the former begins the album with a dreamy and flirty R&B–esque track headlined by the featured King Kona, the latter follows it up with a return to Moon Boots’ traditional form—a hypnotic, funky background (Nic Hanson’s ooh ah, ooh ah) that grabs your attention and demands—not asks—you to dance.
(10/13/17 11:06pm)
Grill–wearing Bangerz Miley Cyrus was obscenely ridiculous—no one will ever forget the iconic image of Miley, clad only in a pair of maroon Doc Martens, swinging into the frame on her wrecking ball. Dead Petz Miley was a drug–fueled psychedelic head–case—her “Do It” music video was a hot mess of glitter, slime, and milk.
(10/10/17 10:38pm)
Warning: LOTS of spoilers ahead. #sorrynotsorry.
(10/10/17 8:03pm)
What makes a movie worthy of being classified as “horror”? Is it how many screeches it elicits from the audience? Is it the excessive amount of gore? Maybe it’s the lingering feeling of terror that the viewer experiences after the screen goes black. Arguably, any of these would be enough to grant a movie its genre. Happy Death Day, though, does the undoable: none of these conditions are applicable in its case—yet it is, undeniably, a “horror” movie. In fact, I would go as far as saying that it’s the most horrendous movie that I’ve ever seen.
(10/09/17 10:48pm)
In 1989, a collective of feminist artists known as “Guerilla Girls” protested the lack of female artists in galleries through their most recognizable, provocative poster that inquired, “Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?” While the Public Art Fund of New York City originally commissioned their design for a billboard, the Fund rejected the Guerilla Girls' work after seeing it. The rejection demonstrated that mainstream, curated art spaces were not genuinely accepting of the narratives of women. Even in 2015, only eight percent of the artists on display in the Museum of Modern Art’s collections were women.
(10/09/17 10:45pm)
Book: Immortality by Milan Kundera
(10/13/17 11:04pm)
I’m walking back from my TA’s office on Market Street when I see something that prompts more questions than this week’s lecture: Taylor Swift on a UPS truck. I’ve been consistently seeing—and consistently confused by—the thought process that led to marketing Swift’s upcoming album reputation on the backs of delivery trucks.
