“About Alex” is easily one of the most underrated movies on Netflix. This independent film is dutifully raw, honest and equipped with the vernacular that forces you to think about how simple life once was, and how it never will be quite the same again. A warning: this is not a review meant for people who have yet to view this film…

The Netflix Original show “Easy” debuted it’s second season this past December. Serving it’s audience with an even wider array of ambivalent characters that are just trying to keep up with the modern lifestyles that serve Chicago. …

Some days I wake up and I just don’t feel like trying. Not in a melancholy and gloomy way, but rather quite the opposite. Some days I wake up and I just don’t really feel like being beautiful. Applying makeup doesn’t appease me. I would rather be able to rub…

The term “Keep it real with me” is a command that everyone in today’s society is using. Whether professional or personal, “Keeping it real” is the mantra and vow that drives our social media feeds and our reality. Jess Walter, the author of “Famous Actor,” throws this term right back…

“If there wasn’t a picture, did it even happen?” The mocked caption we all seem to scroll across on social media. But this comment/caption is actually more despairing than comical. Have you tried it? Leaving your cell phone at home. …

Apart from what the title may be implying; we are talking about selfies for yourself. Naked selfies — of yourself. Let me start from the beginning. I was talking to a friend about the risky business of sending scandalous pictures. Whether to a FWB, partner, girl/boy/they friend — it’s a…

Intellectual integrity and femininity can stay in the same lane. And shall stay one in the same. Let’s start with the definition of femininity. Femininity — the quality of being female; womanliness. Once upon a time, I was that girl. Excuse me, became that girl. Growing up, I was all…

We all have that moment in a just not-so-good day where we have had our fill. Crying from frustration (my personal go to), blatantly throwing your hands up and saying “screw it”, or resorting to other exasperating notions of giving up. Then there are those other days. When you feel…

Big Little Lies premiered on HBO in February. A show that was adapted from the best selling novel by Liane Moriarty. Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman and Shailene Woodley star in the limited drama series. The show was nominated for 16 Emmys on Sunday and won 5 of them. Although, this…