MEL Magazine • 16th March 2022

How Was Dev Patel the ‘Ugly’ One on ‘Skins’?

All this week, join us for a delightfully unwell celebration of our Internet Boyfriends. They’re sweet, beautiful men we’ve never met, and we can’t wait to share the fully formed relationships we have with each of them.

There’s a scene in Skins that, for me, epitomizes how Anwar — famously portrayed by Dev Patel — was intended to be perceived. It’s his opening appearance in the first episode of Season Two, when Chris (Joe Dempsie), Jal (Larissa Wilson) and Tony (Nicholas Hoult) bump into him in

NPR • 17th April 2021

Life In The Roaring 2020s: Young People Prepare To Party, Reclaim Lost Pandemic Year

In his book, Apollo's Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live, Christakis examines what post-pandemic life might look like by looking back at periods such as the Roaring '20s, a decade that also followed the 1918 Influenza pandemic. He says after the COVID-19 pandemic we might see people seeking out more social interactions at nightclubs, bars, music festivals and sports games, as well as people relentlessly spending the money they saved up during the pandemic.

Vice • 25th February 2021

Black Doctors Are Being Targeted For Debunking Anti-Vaxxers on Clubhouse

Influencers are retaliating against Black doctors who fight vaccine misinformation on the voice-only app.

Teen Vogue • 9th February 2021

Get to Know Hive, Gen Z's Myspace

Think Instagram + Twitter with a hint of Myspace's nostalgia.

CBS News • 17th December 2020

COVID-19 left these students behind. Now, they're fighting for their futures.

Before COVID-19 became a reality for most Americans, New York University student Daisy Maldonado was confident in exactly how her senior year was going to go. But right before spring break, everything changed. Within weeks, the 22-year-old's roommates were gone for good, her graduation was moved to virtual, her public relations internship was canceled, her dorm was closed, and she was back home in Los Angeles for the foreseeable future. "I left with almost all of my things," Maldonado told CBS N

Bitch Media • 11th August 2020

As Rob, Zoë Kravitz Brought Bisexual Messiness to “High Fidelity”

Bisexual stereotypes are pervasive in pop culture: We’re portrayed as slutty, indecisive, and greedy. We’re unable to pick a side because we want too much. We’ve seen the way that these stereotypes play out onscreen, and, in an attempt to combat said stereotypes, some series and films have flung themselves in the opposite direction, presenting bisexual characters as monogamous, reasonably sexual characters in long-term relationships. But the simple truth is this: When you try to make a marginali

New York Times • 17th June 2019

900 Voices From Gen Z, America’s Most Diverse Generation (Published 2019)

What is it like to be part of the group that has been called the most diverse generation in U.S. history? We asked members of Generation Z to tell us what makes them different from their friends, and to describe their identity. Here's what they had to say.

ELLE • 30th January 2018

The Black Girl State of the Union

When she was 11 years old, Marley Dias started a national movement by asking a question. She wanted to know, where are the black girl books? She was an avid reader, but rarely encountered books where black girls like her were the main characters. She asked, then she acted, setting out to collect and donate 1000 books featuring black girls.

Today Marley is 13, and since she launched it, her #1000BlackGirlBooks movement has collected and donated more than 10,000 books. She spent her summer break