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(12/11/19 10:34pm)
At the 2017 Golden Globes, Natalie Portman introduced the Best Director award by saying, “Here are the all-male nominees.” It was a pretty bold move on her part, and the message was clear, but it didn’t seem to inspire any change on the part of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Two years later, we still don’t have a woman nominated for the award.
(12/08/19 8:14pm)
The British royal family are going through a period of relevance after being generally ignored for most of the 21st century as the world grows more and more disturbed by the idea of a monarchy still existing. What’s the best way to keep their image up? Making them fun and quirky, apparently.
(12/02/19 1:42am)
Who should newfound socialists look to as a model in 2020? IDS columnists suggest a Hoosier.
(11/20/19 12:20am)
Taylor Swift recently took to the internet to make a statement about the ownership of her music and her inability to perform her own songs. Her dilemma poses the problem of female artists being manipulated by powerful men and the insidious nature of private equity firms. Swift’s level of fame lets her shed light on both of these issues.
(11/10/19 8:27pm)
We are still living in the age of prestige television, despite the multitude of expensive streaming services complicating the viewing experience. After “Game of Thrones” came to a bitter end this summer, it seems like everyone is watching and enjoying the same shows, myself included. Looking back at everything I’ve watched this year, I can’t help but notice a common trend in this common pop culture consumption: We are obsessed with stories about obscenely rich people, and it’s worth analyzing why this is.
(11/04/19 9:23pm)
Former President Barack Obama is the latest of public figures to denounce cancel culture in a recent speech during the Obama Foundation Summit. He didn’t use the exact words, but he spoke to a phenomenon that has been plaguing many others as well — the concept of calling people out for their actions to hold them accountable and tarnish their reputation in the process. His words sound good on the surface, but when it comes down to it, “cancel culture” as described by many does not actually exist.
(10/27/19 9:00pm)
Jane Fonda has been arrested for protesting climate change again — this time with Ted Danson. This is the third consecutive week that Fonda has been arrested at the U.S. Capitol, and the last two times she has brought other famous actor friends to join the protests with her. Naturally, the reception to her actions has been mixed. Many applaud her efforts, while many others do not, but the reasoning is varied. Of course there are the people who do not agree with her cause, but at the same time, many others believe she is not doing enough. In Fonda’s case, she is definitely doing far more than most other celebrities, especially those with her acclaim. At the same time, there is a valid argument that every single celebrity should be doing more, especially when it comes to their money.
(10/13/19 6:48pm)
On Thursday the Swedish Academy announced the winners of the 2018 and 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature, sparking controversy in the literary world. The winner for 2018, after a year’s delay due to a sexual assault scandal in the academy, was Olga Tokarczuk, a Polish writer. This win was generally celebrated, but it was the 2019 winner that became a cause for concern: the prize was awarded to Peter Handke, a prominent apologist of the Bosnian genocide.
(10/09/19 6:59pm)
On Sunday, Ellen DeGeneres hung out with former President George W. Bush at a Dallas Cowboys game. After facing criticism, she defended her choice to spend time with him, saying on her show, “I'm friends with a lot of people who don't share the same beliefs that I have.”
(09/30/19 11:52pm)
Reading for homework is the bane of many college students’ existences, and this is understandable. Often we are forced to read long texts and complicated theory that takes hours to understand, and the preferable alternative is answering questions or solving problems, some sort of task with a clear objective.
(09/03/19 10:20pm)
If Taylor Swift were alive in the early 19th century, she really would have killed it as a romantic poet. Imagine the scenario: Swift, dying of consumption, looking out the window over the Piazza di Spagna in Rome, writing tender yet desperate poems and letters to the lover she had to abandon. She would certainly give Keats a run for his money — Swift could easily write "Ode to a Nightingale," but Keats could never write "You Belong with Me."
(12/03/18 11:18pm)
Former President George H. W. Bush died Nov. 30 at age 94. Politicians and public figures everywhere are memorializing him, no matter their political affiliation. He is scheduled to have multiple memorial services this week.
(11/19/18 10:44pm)
My instinctual response to sadness and distress is to fold inwards and internalize it until it goes away. Perhaps this is common.
(10/12/18 6:16pm)
Ethan Smith, IDS opinion editor and columnist, published a column Oct. 3 with the headline, “Democrats are using the sexual assault allegation against Kavanaugh for selfish political gain.” Many readers found problems with the argument presented in the column and took to Twitter or contacted the IDS to voice their concerns about the column. Their responses can be found here.
(09/28/18 1:53am)
The Supreme Court is a disgrace to democracy and the common American citizen and therefore it should be abolished.
(09/22/18 6:14am)
In 1978, Ernie wakes Bert up in the middle of the night to ask him a question in the form of a heartfelt song. “Do you like me? Am I okay? Do you like me? If you do, please say.” Bert continues the song and confirms that he does indeed like Ernie, but he wants to go to sleep. Ernie tells Bert that he likes him too. "Yes, I like you. That is right, I like you," and that he is ready to go back to bed.
(08/23/18 11:08pm)
The current Broadway season leaves much to be desired in terms of originality. It features many commercial adaptations like "Spongebob Squarepants," "Frozen," "Pretty Woman," "Mean Girls" and very few original shows.
(04/30/18 6:00pm)
More than 8,000 Starbucks stores will close during the afternoon of May 29 for racial bias training after two black men were arrested recently for trespassing while sitting and waiting for a friend.
(04/26/18 3:00pm)
The recent death of former first lady Barbara Bush has brought many in the nation both to mourn and honor her legacy, but many narratives, while well-intentioned, are slightly inaccurate in that they celebrate Bush as being a feminist icon.
(04/19/18 4:30pm)
"Be More Chill," a musical based on a book by Ned Vizzini, is getting an off-Broadway debut. The show follows a character with anxiety who takes a pill in order to fit in and seem more cool. It exists in a new wave of popular musicals featuring mentally ill characters, such as "Dear Evan Hansen," which follows in the footsteps of Pulitzer Prize-winning "Next to Normal." With these shows and other forms of popular media representing people with mental illness, it is time society reanalyze the way mental illnesses are treated in the media.