‘Fat Chance, Charlie Vega’ review: Crystal Maldonado’s beautifully diverse debut about unconditional self-love

Crystal Maldonado’s debut novel blends body positivity, friendship, romance and an effortlessly diverse cast in a captivating contemporary young adult novel. Fat Chance, Charlie Vega is a book young adult readers everywhere should pick up, but be warned: it will…

Halsey Hits the Jackpot with “Badlands” Release

Woah. That’s all that came to mind after hearing Halsey’s album, Badlands, for the first time. So far the singer’s debut studio album is an absolute smash hit and boasts a five star rating on iTunes.  The ten track album was released…

Weekend B.O.: ‘Chappie’ is Worst Blomkamp Debut to Date

Box-office estimates are in for the weekend of March 6th-8th, 2015. #1- Chappie: Let’s just say things haven’t been going great for Neill Blomkamp since District 9. Not only did his third and most recent film open to $13.3M, that…

Book Review: A Death-Struck Year by Makiia Lucier

For Cleo Berry, the people dying of the Spanish Influenza in cities like New York and Philadelphia may as well be in another country–that’s how far away they feel from the safety of Portland, Oregon. And then cases start being…

Album Review: Jungle

Album: “Jungle” Artist: Jungle Label: XL Records Release Date: July 15th, 2014 Jungle’s self-titled debut album is finally available now and I couldn’t be happier. It’s been a full year since I first listened to a track by this talented band.…