What’s gut-wrenching about Catfish is that we rarely get to witness such a meticulously crafted lie unravel so dramatically, and what’s poignant is that Angela just extrapolated to a sociopathic level something that is really a small kernel in all of us: the very base, very human desire to constantly strive to be better than who we really are.
PHANTOM RED LIGHT SYNDROME
I wouldn’t consider myself a hypochondriac, but I suffer from a disease WebMD has yet to qualify. It has no official medical term, but like ADHD and sexting and vague declarations of environmentalism, it is spreading rapidly among young people. I’ve coined it “Phantom Red Light Syndrome,” and anyone who owns a Blackberry has probably experienced it to some degree.
VIDEO CRAFTS: TWITTER GLITTER MEMORY BOOK
In this space, we present our quarterly serial MILLENNIAL CRAFTS with WILL PULOS. Every season, Will’s video tutorial offers step-by-step advice on fusing your newfangled, cloud-computed life with traditional crafting arts.
TAKEDOWN: HARPAZ AND THE DUMBEST GENERATION
If you’ve ever struggled to make ice cubes, hang up your clothes, or not pee in your pants, then you’re probably young and too dependent on technology, or so claims Beth J. Harpaz in an AP article re-printed in the Boston Globe.
ISSUE 1 EDITORIAL STATEMENT
Millennials Magazine is a place to feel less alone in our group experiences of getting broken up with over text message, of recalling 9/11 seen as a 12-year old, of trying to find a post-graduation job when so few exist, of seeing yourself on Youtube.
CHAT: PACKING FOR BOSTON
The first in a series of posts featuring conversations – phone calls, Gchats, Skype chats, and in-person. This one’s about packing for Boston.
FROM THE AUGHTS: FALL 2004
In this column, I’ll pick a time in the Aughts that ties, in some way, to the time we’re in now.
LOST CAUSES
On February 20th, Michael McKiernan pulled a shotgun out of his dad’s pick-up truck and shot Tim O’Connor, Ricky Stanik, and Mitch Letendre in the parking lot of our high school. He just walked up and shot them point-blank.
SIX FACTS ABOUT IOWA
Six things I’ve learned about Iowa. A special supplement to DES MOINES: HOW I GOT HERE.
NOSTALGIA BITES
Are we, as Marisa Meltzer proposes, Afraid of Daria? Well, no! Most people just moved on from that specific example of a media-based social archetype. The differences between Daria and the current TV landscape cannot be proven, though, because the author is comparing a variety of individual characters to a totemic memory. Are we as Millennials allowed cultural nostalgia?
