My closet has always been filled with my favorite artists and bands scattered around. Taylor Swift shirts, Harry Styles posters, sweatshirts of different tours creating a time capsule of my musical fascinations throughout my life. It made me think about the word “Fangirl” and what that word has meant. Fangirls are something that have existed forever, take a look at the 1960s and Beatlemania, Elvismania in the 1950s which saw a criticism of Elvis’s performance and music. But today fangirls are so...

Every four years we see the world gather around and celebrate the crazy athleticism across the world. For me, it’s a two week period of fascination with random sports I have never had interest in and almost crying  from seeing emotional athletes. To those who have shockingly not been following the Olympics or the drama, here’s a run down. This Olympics has been full of drama and controversy. From the ski jumpers injecting themselves in order to jump further, to the Canadian cheating in curling,...

The beginning of this year has been dominated by one thing on the collective mind– Heated Rivalry. I’m not alone in my obsession with the Canadian T.V. show and the impacts it has had upon the world since the conclusion of season 1. The television show is based on a series of novels by Rachel Reid following the lives of two hockey superstars who are arch-rivals, as well as the challenges that come with being a professional athlete in a sport that isn’t the most accepting of their sexualities. It...