22+ hour, 12+ min ago   (1698+ words) There was a moment in the 1980s when it seemed like every woman in America was wearing a leotard. Not just any leotard. A brightly colored one, preferably with a belt. Maybe some leg warmers. Definitely a headband. The hair was…...

22+ hour, 54+ min ago   (541+ words) She hosted Focus Interview for more than 20 years and Touching China for 19. On September 13, 2026, Jing Yidan’s daughter released a notice: “My dearest mother, the ‘Sister Jing’ everyone knows, left today.” She was 71. For Chinese viewers who watched her for decades,…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (247+ words) Everyone has come across a video essay before. There're everyone on YouTube - it says it right in the title! But even though a video may call itself an essay, doesn't that really mean it is one? The main different in…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (162+ words) A reminder of some ground rules we use to formulate the Leaderboard: Here are the stories that have sparked the most comments with their engaged readers this week. 🥇 First Place ($20 Bonus): Sara Wilson - The Wicked Witch from the West Coast…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (308+ words) Before I launch into this, let me state that Vocal is the best digital publishing platform, bar none, in my opinion. The problem is that they do not seem to have enough people to run the company, and when they…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (792+ words) Ice Spice and Lil Yachty have teamed up for a new song, “Out My Face (My Baby),” accompanied by a visually playful music video directed by AMD and Yachty himself. Both the track and its visual presentation are divided into…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (597+ words) Singer-songwriter. Actress. Businesswoman. She was known for her cultural and philanthropy. We knew her as the ‘Queen of Country’. She was Dolly Parton. Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean (nee Parton) was in the music industry for seventy years, starting her professional…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (52+ words) You can read some of my other reviews of Lucinda Berry's books below. These aren't all of them, but they are a select few: Join in on my writing challenge! Winners announced on Halloween… "Et in Arcadia Ego" 📝 Reviewer and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1272+ words) There are movies that feel like products of their time, and then there are movies that seem to have been assembled from the anxieties of their time. Simon is very much the latter. Released in 1980, Simon marked the feature directorial…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1575+ words) Some action games make you feel powerful. Others make you earn every victory. Onimusha belongs firmly in the second category. At its best, the game reduces everything to a few crucial seconds. An enemy attacks, Miyamoto Musashi reacts, swords collide,…...