I am basically a walking millennial cliche. You know the one–they studied abroad and now they’re all about that wanderlust and fulfilling their heart’s desire through experience. Yup, that’s me! And this new hostel in Japan proves to put all other hostels to shame. When studying abroad, you learn quickly that the only way to do it in college without selling a kidney is to use hostels. And they’re amazing. I stayed in hostels all throughout Europe, sometimes for as low as $8 a night, and I must say, I love them. I came across an article about a bookstore-themed hostel in …
In light of sexual harassment scandal after sexual harassment scandal, Tracee Ellis Ross has written a book that fully breaks down the issue for whoever is still confused about respectful behavior. The Black–ish star guest hosted Jimmy Kimmel Live! where she revealed her latest book, The Handsy Man. It’s styled like a children’s book and it is basically a tell-all of what men should not do. In the video below, she reads the entirety of the book. It’s very funny, trust me. My favorite parts are as follows, And if I am your employee don’t rest your hand upon my knee. No, I won’t sit on …
I’m sure you’re all just as bummed as I am that we cannot see the next and final season of Game of Thrones until 2019. Hopefully there will be a book out before then, but I think we can all agree that the show has taken on a life of its own. If you would love to re-watch all of last season’s glory, but are pressed for time this holiday season, you should click here to see Digital Spy’s trailer of season seven’s best moments, scored by Mercury Prize Winner Sampha. The trailer was made to advertise the release of season seven on Blu-ray and …
You hear it all the time: your twenties are when you learn to truly understand yourself. But that’s hard. Learning to trust yourself and the path that your life begins to take is difficult. It is difficult to look back on the miles of debt you have and the jobs you aren’t getting and believe that everything will be okay. It is difficult to see a future for yourself that your parents may have had at your age when that seems completely unattainable. It is difficult to find your place when half of your friends are enjoying single-drunk life and …
We’ve all heard the argument that e-books have begun to render libraries unnecessary, but that does not mean that we should stop encouraging children to read. There has been a decline in school libraries as well as qualified librarians across the UK. This, however, is not because of technology, as e-books have become easily available in these same libraries. The Guardian reports that Neil Gaiman, Matt Haig, and Antonia Frasier are among over 150 signatures in a letter to Justine Greenling, Secretary of State for Education, to stop the decline of libraries in public schools. They write: Unless …
