(As the scrawl on the cover says, “There’s no glory in love, only the gore of our hearts,” once again we find Julien Baker turning the camera back at herself on Little Oblivions.) Six years ago Julien Baker dropped Sprained Ankle and then followed it up with Turn Out the Lights only two revolutions around the sun later. After a brief stint with Boygenius (the supergroup she co-founded with Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus), Baker’s...
Despite the film’s problematic perpetuation of traditional able-bodied casting, its story finally feels earned and free of a sentimentality of disabled people long tokenized by Hollywood and awards culture. Endearing films surrounding disability have long been seen as “Oscar bait,” or cheap, intentional tugs at the heartstrings of Hollywood critics. All made with the slight undercut of hope that award season voters will check the box for those films and performances on their nomination ballots...
Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield will be feeling every bit of the pressure this season, as he looks to prove to the NFL that he was worth being taken 1st overall in 2018. Despite a stellar, record-setting rookie campaign, in which Mayfield slung a rookie-record 27 touchdowns, he floundered as a sophomore, throwing 21 interceptions and only 22 touchdowns. His completion percentage dropped 4 points, and his QBR dropped over a dozen points. Thrown into...
With the NBA season suspended indefinitely due to COVID-19, sports writers from all over the world are searching for content to create during this pandemic. When I was a kid, my favorite part about sports video games was the ability to create your own perfect, unstoppable athlete. Whether it was a 99 overall running back in Madden and NCAA Football or a 99 overall point guard in NBA 2K, there insurmountable advantages you had the...
If we lived in a world without Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James, Luka Doncic would be an incredible runaway MVP winner—in just his second professional season. There will be close award races across the board, except in the Rookie of the Year category. Here’s the potential (and probable) winners: Most Valuable Player: Favorite: Giannis Antetokounmpo This award is going to the Greek Freak, and it’s not even close. If LeBron didn’t have Anthony...
The new decade has already seen the release of Mac Miller’s posthumous album, Circles—an early candidate for best of the year. 2019 was seemingly one of the greatest years, in recent memory, for music. It was a year of explosive political chaos, revolutions, healing, and glamour. 2020 should be no different, having already begun with an extra goodbye given to us by Miller. Music’s heavyweights are set to drop new albums in 2020, some even...
On November 14th, Myles Garrett, star defensive end for the Cleveland Browns, removed Mason Rudolph’s helmet and hit him with it. At this point, everyone who is either immersed in the world of sports—or even adjacent to it—knows what happened last month. With eight seconds left in a rivalry game that had been out of reach since the 3rd quarter, his actions were excessive and unnecessary. Garrett, the first pick in the 2017 draft and...
In the chorus of “God Is,” Kanye West proclaims: “this is a mission, not a show.” During the first half of 2019, Kanye was hosting performances, gatherings hell-bent on salvation, properly-titled Sunday Services. At these shows, Kanye, along with his choir and other musical collaborators, would perform gospel tunes in private—though miscellaneous photographs and recordings managed to get leaked. At Coachella, Kanye’s Sunday Service performance was live-streamed. With the release of Jesus Is King, Kanye...
