2018 was the fourth year that The Young Folks’ music editor Ryan Gibbs and photographer-at-large Megan Phelps attended the Rhode Island Comic Co…
TYF Column
Freshwater Phish: Introduction
This is the first installment of a new recurring column on The Young Folks about the band Phish, their music and cultural impact. Phish are one of the…
For Your Consideration: The Gifted
Superheroes have become a part of our TV fabric. From broadcast television to online streaming, you’ll more than likely find a story pulled from the p…
Watching Cabaret In The Trump Era: In The Rise Of Fascism, There Are No Safe Spaces
I told very few of my friends one of my darkest pop culture secrets: I still hadn’t seen the movie Cabaret. However, I discovered a way to more …
It’s Time to Retire the Term “Chick Flick”
As women, we have been conditioned to embrace, but also be ashamed of the term “chick flick.” Films that are supposedly made specifically for the fema…
A World Without Rules: The Dark Knight 10 Years Later
Comic book movies were nothing new by the time that The Dark Knight came around in 2008. The subgenre had already established its place with the great…
52FilmsbyWomen 2018: The 10 Best Films I’ve Seen This Year [Column]
At the start of 2018, I took the #52FilmsbyWomen pledge, vowing to watch one movie directed by a woman per week throughout 2018 — both female-directed…