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The “Mean Girls” paradox | The Revival House

Katie Harmon October 16, 2023
Why does a movie about "mean girls" bring so many girls together? Because of it's wide variety of highly relatable characters.
General Assembly Boston hosted special speaker Kate Atkin Tuesday for a talk on impostor syndrome. BECCA CAMPBELL/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

General Assembly panel explores impostor syndrome

Becca Campbell December 4, 2018
Famous figures across industries from comedy to advocacy to politics have reported feeling like frauds or “impostors” in their work and successes.
Max vs. Media: An alleged molester versus a democrat: Who would you choose?

Max vs. Media: An alleged molester versus a democrat: Who would you choose?

Max Berman November 15, 2017

Ever since I was young, I would watch Saturday Night Live. One of my favorite memories of that show is the infamous Tina Fey as Sarah Palin line, “I can see Russia from my house.” SNL is great at parodying...

Tina Fey plays Kim Baker, a journalist covering wartime conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan, in “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,” opening in theaters Friday. PHOTO COURTESY FRANK MASI/PARAMOUNT PICTURES

INTERVIEW: “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” reporter Kim Barker finds comedy in chaos

Kaitlyn Locke February 29, 2016

Fourteen years ago, Kim Barker was astonished to find herself thrown into the war-torn countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan as a brand new foreign news correspondent. Now, she expresses her excitement...

BURSTEIN: We should treat Trump as a serious candidate, not an SNL host

BURSTEIN: We should treat Trump as a serious candidate, not an SNL host

Sarah Burstein November 9, 2015

“Saturday Night Live” is probably my absolute favorite part of election season. Among all the political ads, mud-slinging and debates, “SNL” has always been ready to keep our candidates humble...

EDITORIAL: In Holtzclaw case, we can only hope the jury is impartial

EDITORIAL: In Holtzclaw case, we can only hope the jury is impartial

Editors November 5, 2015

Many of us have seen that dreaded jury duty letter sit in the pile of mail on our countertops, waiting to be answered. We like to hope that it will go away. Even Tina Fey’s Liz Lemon hoped to be turned...

MINTZ: In defense of Leslie Knope

MINTZ: In defense of Leslie Knope

Casey Mintz September 23, 2015

If you are a person who lives in this world, you know who Amy Poehler is and you know that she is a genius. You know that she made her way from doing improvisational comedy in New York City to hosting...

NGAI: what do female friendships really mean?

NGAI: what do female friendships really mean?

Robin Ngai September 4, 2015

It’s safe to say that one of my biggest regrets of the summer is not attending Taylor Swift’s “1989” tour. I was constantly reminded by my Facebook friends and Swift’s Instagram and Snapchat...

NGAI: Television and Women

NGAI: Television and Women

Robin Ngai February 10, 2015

As I’m writing this, I’m waiting for the latest “Parks and Recreation” episode to load so that I can be reunited with some of my favorite characters on television (and also avoid writing my 3,000-word...

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RYAN: 2016: The Liberal Dream

Sara Ryan January 26, 2015

I’m already annoyed with all of the 2016 presidential election coverage. Was it this bad in 2010? I was only a high school sophomore, but I think I would remember drowning in articles, tweets, videos...

Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, and Paul Weitz on success beyond Admission

Daily Free Press Admin March 20, 2013

  The Millennial generation has learned a lot from Tina Fey. From how to use satire to influence a Presidential election to how to best shotgun a pizza, Tina Fey has been a friend, a sister, and...

How to survive the SNL stand-by line

Daily Free Press Admin February 26, 2012

By Samantha Tatro, Daily Free Press Staff Writer The stand-by line is not for the light hearted. It’s like Saturday Night Live alumna Tina Fey said on 30 Rock, “concrete bunghole where dreams are...

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