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For Self Discovery and Exploration

A playlist for the coming-of-age period before college and adulthood.

EntertainmentLeah BlomMay 2, 2020May, Playlist, self discovery, teens, collegeComment

Tiffany Stringer's "Feels Like Home"

I feel like I've really found who I am and what I enjoy.

EntertainmentVivian ChambersApril 28, 2020isolation, Tiffany stringer, feels like home, music, premierComment

Kiss Me Thru the Phone: Songs For Loneliness and Isolation

Upbeat and sympathetic songs about about the many shades of loneliness.

EntertainmentJohanna SommerApril 20, 2020isolation, playlist, lonel, lonelinessComment

Dismantling the ‘Boys Club’, one banger at a time

An interview with Theia—queen of fluorescent alt-pop that bulldozes social injustices.

EntertainmentEmily ElvishApril 17, 2020Theia, Music, isolationComment

Quarantunes: New Releases

New songs and albums to occupy you in quarantine.

EntertainmentMina JohnsonApril 14, 2020dua lipa, Phoebe bridgers, the strokes, the 1975, isolationComment

Visions of Gideon

A video essay about the importance of Sufjan Stevens’s song in CMBYN.

Isolation Coping Songs

Four different playlists made by the UA community for your coping.

EntertainmentVivian ChambersApril 8, 2020playlist, isolation, musicComment

Over: A Break Up Song

Sabah Kenway’s new song is an 80s/early 90s inspired rnb break up song.

EntertainmentSabah KenwayMarch 31, 2020music, over, rebirth, RebirthComment

Regaining Control of Her Narrative

An interview with Akala Newman on her new single and finding triumph in the music industry.

EntertainmentEmily ElvishMarch 13, 2020music, australia, musicvideo, akalanewman, teenagers, rebirth, RebirthComment

The Movies That Got Us Into Movies

10 films that got young film lovers into movies.

EntertainmentAndrea PanaliganFebruary 24, 2020Melodrama, Movies, Film, Filmmaking, Lady Bird, Lost in Translation, lalalandComment

Let Me Be Melodramatic!

A playlist inspired by the melodramatic.

EntertainmentMina JohnsonFebruary 20, 2020Melodrama, Playlist, lordeComment

5 Iconic Albums for and by Teenagers

Teenage albums connected through universal sentiments across differing decades and contrasting upbringings.

EntertainmentJohanna SommerFebruary 11, 2020Melodrama, Taylor Swift, Lorde, Violent Femmes, Teenage music, Teenage artists, Girlpool, snail MailComment

Lindsay Latimer's "Little Tiny Ocean"

A Nashville artist’s new EP all about the addictive nature of social media.

EntertainmentUniquely AlignedFebruary 7, 2020Melodrama, Review, Lindsey Latimer, EPComment

Music for the Greater Good

Sydney artists rally for bushfire relief.

2019: A Year of Film in Review

The best movies of the year.

EntertainmentKatherine DeBerryDecember 31, 20192010s, film Comment

Let's Go To The Movies

An essay on some of the best movies from the 2010s

EntertainmentSavanna ChadaDecember 30, 2019movies, 2010s, 2010, 2020, film, lalaland, moonlight, booksmart, ladybird, avengers, starwars, growingup, teenagers Comment

Little Women Taught Me How to be a Real Woman

This story—of women, of sisters, and of the space they fill in this world—will always be present in my life.

Diaries & Essays, EntertainmentVivian ChambersDecember 29, 20192010s, little women, film, women Comment

Mourning the Decade

A playlist to help you transition to the 2020s.

EntertainmentVivian ChambersDecember 23, 20192010s, playlistComment

Fear of a Female Planet

An essay on the lyrics spoken by Kim Gordon during the bridge of 1990’s “Kool Thing” by Sonic Youth

EntertainmentJohanna SommerNovember 2, 2019october, fear, halloween, sonic youth, kim gordon Comment

Movies of the Month: Fear

Must-watch movies for October.

Fear, EntertainmentKatherine DeBerryOctober 7, 2019 Comment