Every so often, one comes across a work of art so seemingly impossible that one is forced to ask themselves: How? 

I’m used to asking myself that question most often when spectating the masterpieces from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Without modern technology, Peter Paul Rubens and Caravaggio, just to name a couple, created life-sized and hyper-realistic scenes of grandiose moments in human and religious history: How? When looking at the work of Christy Lee Rogers, an American artist specializing in underwater photography, I found myself in awe for the opposite reason: How does Rogers make the results of a highly technological process feel so surreal? 

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Middle school is arguably the most awkward time in a person’s life. From wearing mascara for the first time to shuffling around a gymnasium listening to a “clean top hits” playlist in a dress your mother bought on the Dillard’s sales rack for your very first school dance. Middle school seemed like a constant struggle.For twelve year old Eniola Shokunbi, however, middle school became so much more than just a time of self-discovery, she also discovered how to be a leader in respiratory care. 

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Last spring, around 150 excited attendees of The Row’s Winter 2024 Collection Presentation received a statement from Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, the label’s designers. According to New York TimesFashion Critic Vanessa Friedman, the statement read:  “We kindly ask that you refrain from capturing or sharing any content during your experience.” 

How dare they?

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For three nights, the Brooklyn Bowl in Nashville, TN is taken over by an impressive lineup of local and touring artists playing in support of Tennessee’s own Briston Maroney to put on one of the most eclectic, fun-filled and spirit rising shows in the city. Paradise, a festival Maroney started back in 2022, is everything the name leads up to be. With creative set design, a diverse lineup and a room filled with community, the show is an experience that every indie/alternative fan would devour. 

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It’s election week in America. It's the once-every-four-years moment we consider how we view ourselves as a nation. Central to both campaigns is an American myth told over and over again: America is a place where anything can happen, where anybody can pull themselves up by the bootstraps and make something of themselves. A wild west where only the strongest and the fittest sit at the top of the hierarchy.

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