I’ve been thinking a lot about masculinity lately, and the more I sit with it, the more it stops feeling like something solid. It feels more like something people are just kind of taught to perform without really questioning it.

When I read a lot of one series, I need something to break it up so I don’t get burnt out. Most recently, the book I used to break up a series was The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst. It is a cozy fantasy with a found family storyline, which was just what I needed. It has a talking plant, a magic garden, and forbidden magic spells. I loved this book very much, so, of course, I had to read the next one, The Enchanted Greenhouse, another home run for me. With more talking plants,

Hi Ho Silver! When you're young you think you can do anything. Most adults like to wait a couple years to try and burst your bubble. This is something I’ve struggled with as someone from a small town who wants to go into acting. It’s just not something that happens. Or is it? I started doing some research into people from Mount Carmel who went on to do notable things in the broader world. My search took me to the Mount Carmel Museum on Market Street where I learned about some

Meet my gaming Heroes The cover of Red Dead Redemption 2 I have a complicated relationship with video game protagonists. Plenty of games decide to take the easy way out and make the protagonist the least interesting person in the room. Be it through making them faceless or voiceless or both. In a world where film, TV, and game writing decides that heroes are passe or that heroism comes from being awesome at everything already and experiencing no setbacks, I’d like to point ou