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CHIN: Value Love and Rejection

CHIN: Value Love and Rejection

By Lauren Chin March 1, 2024

I asked her out on a Friday night in junior year. It was 2 a.m. The words were painfully blinding even on my dimmed phone screen. I had spent the past week writing and rewriting my message. The drafts...

VIEWPOINT: Code for Connection

VIEWPOINT: Code for Connection

By Jason Yi February 15, 2024

With Valentine’s Day having just passed, love is on the minds of many young Hoyas. For those whose collegiate love escapades have gone a little awry, Georgetown University Marriage Pact, a questionnaire-based...

‘Past Lives’ is a Striking Foray Into What Could’ve Been

‘Past Lives’ is a Striking Foray Into What Could’ve Been

By Sofia Wolinski August 30, 2023

★★★★★ Have you ever wondered what might have been?  In a cinematic landscape often dominated by predictable narratives, Celine Song’s “Past Lives” breaks away from mainstream...

QUEER HERE | “My First Summer” is a Great Watch as Our Summer Comes to an End

QUEER HERE | “My First Summer” is a Great Watch as Our Summer Comes to an End

By Emily Scheibe September 23, 2022

Hi, fellow queer here! “My First Summer” follows the story of two Australian teenage girls, one of whom navigates an extraordinarily horrific upbringing while the other escapes loneliness and bad...

QUEER HERE | ‘Heartstopper’ Brought Out My Hopeless Romantic Side

QUEER HERE | ‘Heartstopper’ Brought Out My Hopeless Romantic Side

By Emily Scheibe August 1, 2022

Hi, fellow queer here! “Heartstopper” first appeared on Netflix in April, and since then, it has been blowing up the news and igniting hearts. Once described to me as “a warm hug,” this Netflix...

‘Book Lovers’ Proves That You Don’t Need To Reinvent the Wheel To Write a Dynamic Romance Novel

‘Book Lovers’ Proves That You Don’t Need To Reinvent the Wheel To Write a Dynamic Romance Novel

By Alexandria Henderson April 20, 2022

★★★★★ If you have ever watched a Hallmark movie and wondered what happens to the uptight corporate girlfriend who is left by the male love interest for the bubbly small-town protagonist,...

BETWEEN THE COVERS | When Romance Novels Get Real

BETWEEN THE COVERS | When Romance Novels Get Real

By Melinda Reed April 20, 2022

Every once and a while, the romance genre abandons rom-com fantasy in favor of real, difficult issues. Considering the heightened and increasingly publicized movements like the #MeToo campaign, it...

‘Bridgerton’ Season Two is the “Bane of My Existence and the Object of All My Desires”

‘Bridgerton’ Season Two is the “Bane of My Existence and the Object of All My Desires”

By Mason Stempel April 6, 2022

★★★★☆ Dearest gentle reader, hold on to your bonnets — because the enchanting costumery and sizzling sexual tension of the second season of “Bridgerton” will knock your stockings clean...

BETWEEN THE COVERS | ‘The Hating Game’ Embodies Literary Romance’s Bad Reputation

BETWEEN THE COVERS | ‘The Hating Game’ Embodies Literary Romance’s Bad Reputation

By Melinda Reed February 2, 2022

I present the following summary of a book: Person A does not like Person B for some minor reason that has blossomed into full, blown-out hatred. Circumstances force them into close quarters — both figuratively...

FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES | Keira Knightley, a British actress with successful work in both British and American industries, plays Rachel Morgan in The Aftermath. After World War II, Rachel and her husband Lewis relocate to Hamburg and grapple with tensions with the German former house owner.

Despite Potential, ‘The Aftermath’ Uninspires in Postwar Romance

By Jemima Denham April 9, 2019

★★★☆☆ “The Aftermath,” based on Rhidian Brook’s 2011 novel, attempts to create a dramatic love story against the backdrop of post-war Germany. Despite star Keira Knightley’s moving...

ADVENTURES IN ADULTING: Digital Dating and Confused Canoodling

ADVENTURES IN ADULTING: Digital Dating and Confused Canoodling

By Marina Pitofsky and Molly Cooke June 25, 2018

Doesn’t it seem like we’re all going on the same terrible first dates over and over again? Aren’t we all in the constant state of avoiding that person we hooked up with sophomore year when Brown...

What’s A Boya?

What’s A Boya?

By Izzy Roemer and Izzy Roemer March 21, 2018

All Hoya ladies know that, like rats and out-of-order bathroom stalls, f--kboys abound on the Hilltop. See Snakes of Georgetown to learn about GU's most prevalent demographic. The mixture of confidence,...

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