129 stories from Fragments
In which I am dragged into toxic masculinity by way of catfishing on OKCupid.
Young adult fiction focusing on LGBT characters was a really depressing genre for a very long time. A majority of books in this genre focused on tragic, but unfortunately realistic stories o…
The Met's new production of "Tosca" is almost as traditional as you can be, but does it lose something by not being daring?
Maybe there's nothing wrong with going to a chain restaurant, especially if it's Village Inn.
Almost everything is better in this version, except for two major things.
“The Prince of Egypt” is a movie that came during a time where every movie studio was trying to be like Disney’s latest successes. This led to some movies that would become…
In which The Minions ask why no one in The Village People ever dressed up as the Chiquita lady.
Why does Lee Pace keep showing up?
In which Jeffrey Katzenberg begins his feud with his former bosses by releasing a movie that's not as good as the one his former bosses distribute later that year.
Who would have guessed the movie that brought us The Minions is so clever and has Lehman Brothers joke?
It’s time for the Oscars, although it’s felt like they’ve come and passed with how long we’ve been experiencing the “La La Land” backlash. Since I’m…
Spoilers ahead for “Moana,” “Sing,” “Zootopia,” “Wreck-It Ralph,” “Big Hero 6,” and “Frozen,” although I assume everyo…
The Thrilling Conclusion! Cedar Rapids I woke up in my darkened hotel room, disoriented by the blackout curtain. The alarm on the other end of my king size bed was beeping and I rolled over …
Ames, Morning I awoke in my hotel room and started my day like I normally do, with stretching and doing some exercises. I went down to the lobby for the free breakfast and was a little disap…
I haven’t been to Iowa in five years. I’m sure if I sat down with a therapist, I can find some deep reason as to why I have managed to not visit the state I’m from, but I c…
I would go to the movies with a guy I dated and as we were leaving, I would notice the moon. I would comment about it and he would just say, “Huh” or “That’s nice,…
Once upon a time, in the year 2012, a film called “Snow White and the Huntsman” was released in a year where the world received two Snow White films–the other was “Mi…
It was sixth period AP English Language and Composition and I was sitting there, ready to analyze the work of the great philosophers. I just had to make it through this class, and then I cou…
I don’t own a TV and it’s not something I go around bragging about as if I’m the coolest person you know. I could probably fit a TV somewhere in my apartment if I got rid o…
A note was published on Gapers Block yesterday announcing the site will go on an “indefinite hiatus” on January 1, 2016. If you followed the site at all, it’s worth reading…
After going five months without writing anything for a publication–although I did write blog posts, an intentionally bad play with a NSFW title and a frantic emotional tweet after seei…
One of the fun things that comes with having a full-time job is time off. Instead of staying at home, reading, curling up with my cat and crying while listening to indie folk records, I deci…
Call Me Lucky Barry Crimmins made a name for himself as a humorist in Boston in the 1980s, influencing many young humorists, including Bobcat Goldthwait, the director of this film. Crimmins …
Iris Iris Apfel became a fashion icon basically by doing her own thing and not caring what other people wanted. As she states in Albert Maysles’ documentary, “It’s better t…
