Is True Crime Ethical? Throughout humanity’s literary and artistic history, tragedy has remained one of the most popular genres. There is something so cathartic about watching the downfall of somebody else’s life, and clearly this obsession with the tragic–and often macabre–is one that has extended far beyond our current fixation with the drama and devastation characteristic of the true crime genre. However, since the resurgent popularity of true crime in the 2010s, this fasc

“To understand what I’m about to tell you, you need to do something. You need to believe in the impossible. Can you do that? Good.”--Barry Allen, The Flash (2014)  I have recently started rewatching my favorite show, The Flash , but as I glance at the year the first season was released, I cannot help but gasp! 11 years ago… It's been 11 years since this captivating show was released on Netflix, eventually amassing 9 seasons. I will always remember the first day I watched Seas

The fall season began—although the parching temperature said otherwise—and so I decided to pick up a novel that I purchased secondhand a while back: Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice. After being introduced to this series through the 2022 television adaptation and becoming hooked, I wanted to see what changes the series writers had made to this venerable novel, as there was plenty of online discourse.  This novel opens with the introduction of the vampire, Louis de Point