“Ready Player One” plays fast and loose with source material
I missed the first minutes of “Ready Player One” because I was in the theater lobby, speed-reading the last few…
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The psychology of secular saints: Americans worship celebrities for better or worse
The New York Times recently published an article regarding celebrity worship, asserting that Canadian singer-songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen has…
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Proposed “Stone Butch Blues” film raises questions about authorial legacies
Note: Leslie Feinberg used both she/her and zie/hir pronouns over the course of hir life. This article follows the style…
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“What the Funk” and all your other LipSync questions, answered
A beloved Wellesley tradition, the House Presidents’ Council (HPC)’s biannual LipSync event returned on Tuesday, March 6. This semester’s theme,…
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Shuri, Nakia and Okoye are the Wonder Women of ‘Black Panther’
Last year, the superhero action movie of the year was “Wonder Woman,” which changed the action film landscape forever by…
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The 2018 Academy Awards marks the largest step towards inclusion ever and the death of the “Oscar Bait” film
In 2016, the Oscars were plagued with complaints from stars, critics and movie-goers alike about the lack of diversity within…
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Black History Month tour highlights African-American works in the Davis permanent collection
On Wednesday, Feb. 21, Assistant Curator of the Davis Museum Amanda Gilvin introduced works by African American artists in the…
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Olympic Figure Skating
The 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics was the first Olympics in which figure skaters were allowed to choose music with lyrics…
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Editors of The Common inspire interest in literary magazines
On Friday, Feb. 23, the Wellesley College English Department hosted Jennifer Acker and Elizabeth Witte respectively, the editor-in-chief and assistant…
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