With an incredible amount of support behind her, Taylor Swift releases yet another beautiful album to the world (review to follow!). With her total amount of albums sold reaching 33 million and ticket sales reaching a total amount of $423 million, saying that her achievements have been a success would be an understatement. As we […]
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I was listening to a song by Mallory Knox called “Lighthouse.” A particular lyric struck a chord in me and inspired this. “Find the lighthouse in the dark, and shine a light on every single soul that weeps.” This line really hit me. I’ve listened to this song a million times, but it wasn’t until […]
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I want to hear a song that makes me go still, quiet in the organs of my body, I want a truth I’ve never heard before to shake me to my knees, I want to read the last line of a book without being able to breathe. Danielle Hagerty lives […]
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Dear Evan Hansen is a musical by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Steven Levenson, first performed in July 2015. I first heard about it this year; in all my web-surfing it seemed to appear more than once, along with young people singing its praises and sharing how it had even saved some of their lives. […]
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“I wrote ‘The Director’ for anyone that felt out of control. Whether it be a relationship, a mental illness, or another situation, I wanted it to be a reminder that in the end YOU are always going to have the last word.” Jess Chloe is a singer/songwriter from New York who brings […]
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Hello, Germies! Credit for this month’s writing challenge goes to one of Germ’s readers: Emily. Thank you, Emily, for sharing your idea with us! The challenge will begin today and will end July 31st. However, you are welcome to come back anytime to complete the challenge and submit it below in the comments section. We will pick […]
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“‘Mama’s Gonna Get You’ is a big ‘f*** you’ to the moments where it feels like the world is doing everything it can to pin you down. It’s about the anger that comes with starting from the bottom and doing what you gotta do to keep on keeping on.” WASI blends the […]
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“Paper Towns as a Picture”: Paper Towns is a book by John Green, and this painting tried to capture my feelings about the book and how I imagined the two main characters. . “My City” is based off of the Milwaukee skyline. . “Day Dreamer” is actually a painting I made while listening to […]
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I will never be able to listen to “All I Want for Christmas” the same again. At first I didn’t know how I felt about the almost sinister sound, but the song definitely grew on me as I kept listening. “All I Want for Christmas” is a song I’ve enjoyed every now again, but I […]
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