Yes, it sucks. No, I don’t want to talk about it. — Everyone attending college right now knows the feeling: you’re in the middle of a conversation with an older person and casually mention that you’re in school. Suddenly, you notice their eyes go wide, their mouth makes that big cartoon O-shape, and they can’t help but implore about the Covid-era collegiate…

Do I know I’m being played? Yes. Do I really care? Hard to say. — I believe in Stephenie Meyer. I’ve believed in her since the first Twilight film was released over a decade ago and catapulted me right into the heart of Twihard mania, along with the boozed up middle-aged divorcees and gothy Hot Topic tweens. Though Twilight’s cultural moment was a bit of…

I dream of being mentioned in a missed connections post. — Judging by all of the think pieces written by downward dog-facing members of the Goop glitterati and ~enlightened~ millennials whose parents hooked them up with cushy staff writing positions at the Guardian post-graduation, a decent amount of people have managed to find light in the darkness of the Covid lockdown…

Evil people are getting lonely too, but that doesn’t mean they deserve your friendship. — A lot has been happening apropos Covid-19. Midwestern prepper-types have managed to hoard enough toilet paper to fill industrial-sized warehouses, Campbell’s Soup is probably on its way to being named the national food of the U.S., folks who normally can’t distinguish between a pickle and a pepper are learning how…

I used to be capable of feigning interest in Béla Tarr movies, but now? Bret Michaels has become my quarantine guardian angel. — There’s no use trying to deny it: the quarantine has fried our brains. Some may be feeling this more than others — I, for one, have consistently been getting Joe Biden and Joe Exotic’s names confused — but overall the world as a whole is on some dumb shit, and…

Hats off to the flavor gods. — Mustard — you can’t boof it, can’t snort it, can’t shoot slithers of that sweet yellow muck into your veins. But you know what you can do with mustard? You can eat that shit, you can eat that shit real good. For the uninitiated, this might seem like an off-putting…

The NYU alumnus addressed his new book and the past, present, and future of the LGBTQ community. — When Richie Jackson entered his freshman year at NYU in 1983, things were different for members of the LGBTQ community. Being “out” wasn’t so much of a personal choice as it was a political one, and most decisions you were faced with as an LGBTQ person were characterized by a…

The university is now encouraging students who have recently traveled from China to self-isolate. — As reported cases of coronavirus are on the rise — both in China and internationally — government officials and civilians alike are grappling with the possibility of a new pandemic. This week, the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency and the U.S. …

Sometimes it’s better to just wok away. — To the surprise of literally no one, Greenwich Village’s Lucky Lee’s, AKA the racist Chinese food restaurant, closed its doors for good this past Friday. Although owner Arielle Haspel has not publicly stated the reason behind Lucky Lee’s rather abrupt shut down — the restaurant had been open for less…