Piper Grant

As someone who was not allowed to use social media until I was fourteen, creating my first Instagram account felt like opening a portal into an entirely new world. Suddenly, I could see what my pen pals in Korea, Norway, and California had been doing for the past several years. I could interact with them, celebrate their achievements, and give them a glimpse into my own unconventional lifestyle as a homeschooled teenager traveling between New Zealand and Australia while pursuing a music...

Founded in 1948 by fashion publicist Eleanor Lambert, in an effort to raise funds and bring awareness to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, the Met Gala has become one of the most widely recognised evenings in fashion. Originally, tickets were priced at $50 for a midnight dinner and a night of dress-up (which is approximately $624 in 2026). Tomorrow, at the 2026 Met Gala, individuals will pay upwards of $100,000 to have a seat at a table - a significant increase from the...

My boyfriend approached me this evening, asking me if we could use my Netflix login to watch the 2025 film, Train Dreams. After much deliberation and reluctance (I had my hopes set on watching Sex and the City , a comfort show), I yielded, and for two hours, we were both encapsulated by the beauty, grief, and a strikingly human portrayal of life. Train Dreams , directed by Clint Bentley and based on the 2011 novella by Denis Johnson, has received a 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 4/5 on...