Columns Entertainment Strong Feelings New Netflix Show With Positive, Nuanced Queer Representation Unfortunately Still Sucks February 28, 2020July 23, 2020 Finn Kobler 1144 Views By Finn Kobler After the problematic lesbian fetishism of “Orange is the New Black” and the bisexual erasure of “The Read more
Columns Politics Strong Feelings OPINION: Why’d We Have to Learn Sex Ed If We’d Never Have to Use That Stuff in the Real World? November 8, 2019July 23, 2020 Keith Herrmann 1140 Views by Keith Herrmann Cursive. Civil War generals. Sexual intercourse. What do these things have in common? The government made sure Read more
Politics Strong Feelings OPINION: If Trump’s Guilty of Abusing Power for Political Gain, Then I’m Guilty of Vehicular Manslaughter October 9, 2019January 21, 2021 Karan Menon 1426 Views These days in America, it seems like everyone’s got to be a “criminal.” The media just loves throwing that label Read more
Columns Strong Feelings Opinion: Fun Fact Could Have Been Funner October 1, 2019 Melanie Hoffmann 1154 Views by Melanie Hoffmann BIRNKRANT SECOND FLOOR — The beginning-of-the-year floor meeting was thrown into an unbearable awkward silence when resident Read more
Attention Vortex Columns I Slept With Every Cast Member of the Classic 80s Sitcom “Lotta Family” Only to Find Out it Never Existed. Here’s What I Learned. April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 Veronica Marks 2737 Views by Veronica Marks We all treasure the beloved sitcoms of the 1980s. From Full House to Cheers to Lotta Family, Read more
Columns Strong Feelings Guess What? Dad’s Gonna Live, So Quit Calling Dibs on the Antiques! April 10, 2019 Leila Hoffpauir 1480 Views by Leila Hoffpauir Well, Dad got the call. His liver is officially cancer-free, so put down the vase, Karen. You’re Read more
College Columns Strong Feelings Op-Ed: Is Hecuba Likable Enough? March 1, 2019June 17, 2020 Drew Thomas-Nathan 1914 Views by Drew Thomas-Nathan LOS ANGELES, CA -- A year and a half ago, USC opened the new Village by unveiling Read more
Columns Strong Feelings Well, Mom’s Drunk Again, Which Means We Can Wear Her Scarves January 15, 2019 Leila Hoffpauir 1500 Views by Leila Hoffpauir So right in the middle of a thrilling “Dexter’s Laboratory” marathon, my brother Justin and I have Read more
Attention Vortex Columns Quiz: Is He Into You or Does He Want to Kill You and Your Siblings To Get His Hands on the Baudelaire Fortune? January 9, 2019January 9, 2019 Drew Thomas-Nathan 2237 Views by Drew Thomas-Nathan Finding a good man is difficult, especially when it has been highly publicized that your parents perished Read more
Columns Strong Feelings Stop Complaining, People! Marvel’s Probably Going to Retcon Stan Lee’s Death in a Couple of Months November 19, 2018November 19, 2018 Alex Greenblatt 1416 Views by Alex Greenblatt We saw this with Spider Man in 2011, we saw it with Karen Page in 1999, and Read more