Thoughts Getting Back to the Gym After COVID-19 You might want to go back full-force, but it's better to play it cool and avoid strain and injury. Mirella Gonzales, Texas Tech University
Screens Penn Badgley Wants You To Know He’s Not Joe Goldberg From ‘You’ The actor uses social media to highlight important causes, as well as push back against people who romanticize his starring role as a sociopath. Lauren Buchko, Michigan State University
Screens The Last Season of ’13 Reasons Why’ May Reveal the Truth About a Death Liberty High will hopefully find some closure in this controversial Netflix series. Kayla Johnson, Bradley University
Pages·Screens ‘The Weight of Our Sky’ Uses Fiction To Tell a Tragic History Set against the backdrop of Malaysia's infamous 1969 race riots, this young adult novel and webtoon deals with the horrors of prejudice and trauma. Nanda Illahi, Okayama University
Screens YouTube Shows Like ‘Millennial Money’ Let You Peek Into Other Lives In a world where entertainment used to be about fantasy, these web series simply present the everyday existence of regular people. Katherine McLaughlin, The New School
Screens·Sounds ‘Listen to Your Heart’ Provides a Musical Update to the ‘Bachelor’ Series The latest iteration of the long-running reality show franchise mixes song and romance. Desiree Jaime, Hofstra University
Pages How To Start Writing a Novel When You Don’t Know Where To Begin There's so many approaches that you can take; the important thing is to do what feels right to you. Karunya Bhramasandra, Stanford University
Sounds Jack White Might Change Genres, but He Keeps His Rock ‘N’ Roll Spirit Whether he's playing drums in Dead Weather or fronting his own White Stripes, the storied musician retains his own undeniable sound. Bradford Smith, Louisiana State University
Pages Kurt Vonnegut Is the Perfect Author To Read in Quarantine The legendary author identified the pain all around us, but still found reasons to be optimistic about the human spirit. Sarah Stager, University of Pittsburgh
Screens ‘The Half of It’ Is a Perfect Example of Queer Asian American Representation You might think the Netflix original just provides a twist on the love triangle trope, but you don’t know the half of it. Angel Lin, University of California, Santa Barbara
Thoughts In Defense of Rom-Coms, Pop Music and Other ‘Low Art’ The constant need to compare art isn’t helpful when we should be focusing on human connection. Katherine McLaughlin, The New School
Screens·Sounds Lil Dicky Wants His Comedy Series, ‘Dave,’ To Show the Real Him The rapper and comedian, real name Dave Burd, opens up on his autobiographical FXX television show. Desiree Jaime, Hofstra University