No, not the Ke$ha song. The app. I downloaded TikTok recently. And to no one’s surprise, I got hooked pretty fast. This app has hacked the brains of young people in 2019. It’s popularity is undeniable and participation is highly contagious. According to AdAge, TikTok had over 800 million monthly active users in October of... Continue Reading →

Wednesday's MSNBC Democratic debate covered a wide range of subjects from racial justice to the military industrial complex and more. A huge point of focus, maybe taken more seriously than any other, was global climate change. This makes a lot of sense because obviously it's considered an "existential threat" of the highest priority by all... Continue Reading →

"Yo Tip, I hear your side and everybody talk though" -Kanye West, circa 2018 Ever since I heard it, this quote from the song "Ye vs. the People" has really stuck with me. And I'll tell you why. Basically, this track is a back and forth between Kanye and T.I. in which he criticizes Kanye's... Continue Reading →

Hi. In case you forgot, Donald Trump is president. A lot of people are really upset about it. Not a lot of people are upset about it in a productive way. Like it or not, a large minority of Americans (nearly 50% of voters) like Donald Trump. They follow the president on Twitter, fully embracing... Continue Reading →

Guess what? Fake news sucks. It’s terribly destabilizing to know that there are media sources out there telling us outright lies while claiming to be objective journalists. I think everyone agrees on that. Here’s where my hot take comes in: the fake news era is having a great impact on young people. Let me explain.... Continue Reading →

I recently lost some friends. Nobody died. Nothing really happened. I just lost them. And I won’t name names. They’re probably not taking the time to read this blog anyway. I thought I had them. I thought we had mutually beneficial relationships, even at the deepest personal levels of connection. Then circumstances changed. New friends,... Continue Reading →

I spend a lot of time surfing YouTube to try and find valuable content and occasionally I find inspiration for this blog. Recently I've been noticing a lot of extremely popular videos claiming they can teach people a few simple tricks for how to be confident. They have titles like "How To Be Confident In... Continue Reading →

So it's been almost two weeks now that I've been back at Boston College and the transition has been really fun at times and at other times really weird. I'm super glad to be back with some of my best friends walking around campus and laughing at how small and adorable all the new freshmen... Continue Reading →

About a year ago was the first I ever heard someone call another guy a “beta.” I was hanging out with some buddies just shooting the shit and they mentioned a guy we all knew that they very casually declared was “such a fuckin beta.” I remember that moment very well. I did a double-take... Continue Reading →

I'm a firm believer that everybody needs someone in their life to tell them when to shut the hell up. For me, that was my older sister. As a kid when I started yapping away with some bullshit, big sis was always there to tell me to put a sock in it because I didn't... Continue Reading →