“I think the greatest compliment that we’ve gotten was somebody in the audience at TIFF saying how happy they were to see a show that wasn’t cynical at all.”
“Great day for all of us whose first foray into cosplay was wearing an atrocious tangerine turtleneck for half of second grade and saying jinkies a lot!”
I’m not saying every playlist I make is everyone’s favorite, but I have been enjoying doing it since my days of repressed feelings, plaid skirts, and passive-aggressive after-school text posts.
“That line is written for someone who knows what it sounds like for their knees to creak, who has pondered the liquid gold that is Vitamin C serums (coincidentally, another…
“The people I met who were identified as musical prodigies had long journeys involving conflict between their abilities and personal needs and finding who they were beyond the weight of…
It was a lot like coming out later in life, but this time instead of going to a bunch of lesbian parties and hooking up with strangers, I’m staying up…
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