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In Photos: Winter in Houston and San Francisco

By Irina Wang | February 3

"COVID-19 poses extreme challenges for international travel. Thus, it’s been a year since I last went back home. As winter break approached, I couldn’t imagine being alone in Boston, especially during the holiday season. So I went on a solo trip and indulged myself with splendid views of the South and West Coasts. I took these photos while sitting by the Freeport beach in Texas and some others while watching the sunset on the highest overlook in San Francisco. These views brought me enormous tranquility, and I couldn’t resist the urge to capture them at the moment. I hope to share these stunning scenes withyou and that they bring about the same power for you as they did for me." (Mengqi Irina Wang / The Tufts Daily)

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2021 US presidential inauguration fashion recap

By Colette Smith | February 1

The first family is showing all the early signs of having some of the next great fashion icons, perhaps with the lasting influence of someone like Jackie Kennedy Onassis, John F. Kennedy's wife.

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With the pen as her sword, Taylor Swift continues to sharpen ‘Evermore’

By Jack Clohisy | February 1

Swift dives deeper into herself and pulls from her ever-expansive imagination to bring forth her most creative project yet.

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Arts

Holiday season must-watches

By Christopher Panella, Stephanie Hoechst, Drew Weisberg, Devina Bhalla, Colette Smith, Megan Szostak, Elizabeth Sander and Ryan Eggers | December 11

While the holiday season is going to look a little different this year, your ability to watch classic holiday films from the safety of your residence prevails. Here's what the Arts & Pop Culture editors have to say about their favorite holiday movies.

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Letter from the Editor in Chief: Thank you, Tufts Daily

By Alex Viveros | December 11

If the past year has taught us anything, it’s that we’ve all been reminded of the importance of stepping back and counting our blessings when we are able to. On my last day as Editor in Chief of The Tufts Daily, I’d like to share this letter in the hopes of counting mine.

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Columns

Livestreamed and Quarantined: Glass Animals

By Florence Almeda | December 11

It’s inevitable that shows with a lot of hype will fall short in some way or another. At least, that’s how I felt about Glass Animals’ "Live In The Internet” livestream.

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Weekender: TV worth bingeing this winter break

By Stephanie Hoechst | December 10

With winter break right around the corner and lockdowns still very much in the picture, this winter is the perfect time to catch up on all the great TV that came out in the last few months.

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‘The Other History of the DC Universe’ #1 shines a new light on heroics

By Carl Svahn | December 10

The DC superheroes known to most of us, like Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, are not the only heroes of our world. There are far too many who, like in our own reality, were denied a place at the table due to their race, sexuality or gender. Their experiences were forgotten, misplaced or tokenized. The Other History of the DC Universe by John Ridley finally tells their stories, and the first issue of this miniseries is a triumphant debut.

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Unpacking Lady Di’s wardrobe in ‘The Crown’

By Derin Savasan | December 9

Perhaps, what most of us were looking forward to the most, was the long-awaited debut of Princess Diana (Emma Corrin), the British royal who stole all of our hearts with her fashion, intellect, kindness and beauty. Therefore, it only feels right if we unpack some of Lady Di’s looks on the show in detail and explore what they mean in terms of the show’s context.

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Eli Beutel wins COVID-eo Film Festival and Competition

By Drew Weisberg | December 9

Beutel took heavy inspiration from the 1943 experimental film classic of a similar name, “Meshes of the Afternoon” by Maya Deren.

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Columns

Keep the Cameras Rolling: Another blow to theater chains

By Julian Levy | December 9

The entirety of the Warner Bros. 2021 film lineup will be available on HBO Max for the first month of release. This includes major releases such as "The Suicide Squad" (2021), "The Matrix 4" (2021), "Dune" (2021), "Space Jam: A New Legacy" (2021), "Godzilla vs. Kong" (2021) and many more. Warner Bros. will miss out on billions of dollars of possible revenue.

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Bad Bunny's 'EL ÚLTIMO' does not disappoint

By Maeve Hagerty | December 8

The moment has arrived for the girl within the top 0.05% of Bad Bunny’s 50 million monthly Spotify listeners to write obsessively about her love for his music and especially for his most recent Nov. 27 album, “EL ÚLTIMO TOUR DEL MUNDO.” 

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'Possessor' welcomes new, bright age of Cronenberg horror

By Miranda Feinberg | December 8

"Possessor" (2020), the new psychological horror film from legacy filmmaker Brandon Cronenberg, is an overwhelming maelstrom of color and sound that excites and intrigues as much as it horrifies.

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Music

The best music of 2020

By Christopher Panella | December 7

It’s certainly easy to list all the ways consuming music changed. But plenty of our normal listening activities remained. We still take walks around the neighborhood. We continue to listen while studying or ignoring our roommates and families. And as always, the shower is still the stage for our world tour performances.

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Arts

'Among Us': Case for game of the year

By Megan Szostak and Alex Viveros | December 7

As we wrap up this semester, we want to give a shout-out to one of the biggest games of this year: “Among Us.”

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Columns

Maeve's Music Mondays: I listen to Latin trap all the time

By Maeve Hagerty | December 7

My abrupt attachment to Latin trap and reggaeton had nothing to do with my Spanish classes and everything to do with the 2020 most-streamed Spotify artist Bad Bunny.

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COVID-19 forces fast fashion to slow down

By Phoebe Wong | December 4

Apparel sales are expected to decrease by as much as 28-38% by the end of the year, making it one of the industries hit hardest by the pandemic. Thankfully, this seemingly detrimental trend may actually reflect a more positive shift away from fast fashion and its damaging effects. 

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Kali Uchis’ ‘Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios) ∞’ underwhelms listeners

By Maeve Hagerty | December 4

There are passable songs and moments throughout, but overall, “Sin Miedo” felt like a hastily prepared album lacking in the character and thematic language that made “Isolation” so noteworthy.

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Columns

Livestreamed and Quarantined: Thundercat

By Florence Almeda | December 4

To be honest, I’m usually too caught up in Thundercat's groove to notice what he’s singing about. But something about this performance (or maybe it was the fact that I watched it four times in a row) made me truly listen to the lyrics for the first time.

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Weekender: Brookline Booksmith, The Novel Kitchen enhance pandemic-era book, food services

By Sadie Leite | December 3

Brookline Booksmith expanded its previous storefront into a 4,000-square-foot space by taking over the adjacent shop in early November. A part of the addition is The Novel Kitchen, a project completed with the cheese store Curds & Co.

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