Arts
'Cat Person’: Reflections on the Male Gaze and Anti-Romance
A bad romance is a story — albeit poorly written — about attraction. An anti-romance is a story about repulsion.
500 Days of Mismatched Expectations
My first reaction after watching “500 Days of Summer” was that I didn’t like Summer. But how would I feel if the genders were reversed?
(Love) Triangles Aren’t My Favorite Shape
“Twilight” was the beginning of my own passionate attachment to young adult fiction, and it had an impact on the trope that I read and watched in what felt like real time: the rise of the love triangle.
Shading in the Love Triangle
Clare fully explores the relationships between the three vertices of this epic young-adult love triangle without ultimately side-lining any character’s affections.
Hungry for Love
I learned of this line of poetry from within Nishkulanand Swami’s massive literary corpus: “Sakhī, bhūdhara bhūkhyo che bhāvano.” My friend, God is hungry for love.
To Amy Winehouse, With Love
I can’t help but wonder if we loved and continue to love her, or perhaps more accurately fixated on her, not for her talent or her personality, but because she reminds us of a burning house that we can’t look away from.
Why Can’t We Give Love One More Chance?
Though “Under Pressure” has hardly been forgotten, it is rarely remembered as a love song — but it needs to be.
The Calling or Denial of Art
For me, viewing art has always been treacherous: It felt like a scholar’s activity, trying to understand the hidden meaning behind layers of paint upon a single canvas. What purpose do we have for viewing art when grasping for understanding is so daunting and academic?
You Go Too Fast for Me
In the “Good Omens” fandom, I found my people. We like our romance delayed, drawn-out, maddeningly obscured, restricted at every turn.
For the Love of Lyricism
Though many habitually turn to pop, listeners who are searching for a meaningful, original love song should put familiarity and catchiness aside. Instead, lyrics can inspire emotion and reflection.
