V.I.P. Dramaturgy Note
Academic reflection on social media performance and celebrity culture advised by Kristin Idaszak.
Celebrities and regular people alike can Facetune the shape of their bodies, spin stories in the captions, and offer a massive platform to products they may not have even tried themselves. When Instagram users scroll past a photo, they don’t see the set, the lights, the makeup artist, and they certainly won’t see the publicist.
400 words.
Smoque BBQ Review
Food criticism taught by Chris Jones of the Chicago Tribune.
One of my roommates is pescatarian, but she was more than willing to bend the rules for the evening; even saints fall to their knees at the church of Smoque.
750 words.
Jose Dominguez Magdaleno Feature
A Q&A-style interview discussing the value of identity expression as a young artist.
Sometimes the communication between my brain and my eyes don’t match up, and sometimes I might have to reread things four or five times. So that was one layer of trying to learn how to learn again.
1400 words.
@brewtifulchi
An Instagram archiving various coffee shops throughout Chicago.
The aged brick flooring and general decor reminded me of ancient castles with a smidge of rustic family cabin. What struck me about Eva’s is that they have a back room where people can access a computer and printer if necessary —that’s something I have yet to see from a coffee shop, and it was a really thoughtful gesture.
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