When my brother burst into to my room and announced that he had watched the “sickest” show ever made on television, I was immediately intrigued. He explained that the show, Game of Thrones, was a fantasy involving swords, dragons, and magic. I was skeptical at…

Keeping up with the Kardashians is a reality television show that most of you are familiar with. It has aired on E! network since October 14, 2007, and has only grown in popularity from there. This show follows both the personal and professional lives of…

I have been reading Cosmopolitan for years, ever since my mom believed I was old enough to buy my own copy. I get so excited whenever a new issue comes up, and once I get back to my room I become so engrossed in the…

I chose to reflect on the scene in the movie Miracle where the head coach of the USA hockey team Herb Brooks delivers one of the most legendary pre-game speeches of all time to his team before they play Russia. I’m extremely proud to like this…

Even though Taylor Swift is considered to be one of the most powerful celebrities in the America right now, she gets a lot of flak for being a psycho dater with too much hype around her. Even though I think her voice is only average,…

In my sophomore year of high school, Ke$ha came to Dartmouth for a concert. My friends had tickets so I reluctantly decided to attend. I was pleasantly surprised with the show and decided to buy her first album, “Animal.” If one were to look at…

UFC champion Ronda “Rowdy” Rousey is someone you either hate to love or love to hate.  The first time I saw her in the ring was during winter break of 2013, in North Andover, MA, where my mother’s side of the family convenes each year…

At the very beginning of the novel, Cannie describes the moment she read her boyfriend’s article about her in the news. From pages 3-7, Cannie uses descriptive language to describe her immediate feeling after realizing she had been described as overweight to the general public.…

The story that Cannie tells on pages 52 through 60 about how she had come to write a column about weddings and their brides for a local newspaper helps give the reader a deeper understanding of Cannie’s longing to find answers about love and marriage.…

If I was in Cannie’s place, I would be furious at the fact that someone that I had a relationship with before wrote an article that was so humiliating. Bruce Guberman’s article “Loving a Larger Woman” reflects on sexual relationships with overweight woman, but his…