When we think of romance movies, our minds (at least my own) go to rom-coms, but is that all they are? They’ve turned into just descriptions of tropes (“enemies to lovers,” “fake dating,” “workplace romance,” “there was only one bed,” etc.)...

I'm Easy to Please. All I Need is a Mid-90s Romance Film.

Social media brings a factor to the industry that has never been seen before- providing everyday, regular readers a platform to promote books. Rather than the power of the sales coming from the publishers, authors, and stores themselves, ....

#Booktok's Impact on Reading

Baggu was founded by the mother and daughter duo, Joan and Emily Sugihara in 2007. At the time, Emily had recently graduated from Parsons School of Design in New York City and worked as a designer at J. Crew for about a year....

She Has a Ludicrously Capacious Baggu

In a world where everyone is on their phones comparing themselves to each other, social media platforms like Instagram catch all the heat for “being toxic” or the source of unfair comparisons. But is that the truth of the matter? ...

Riley Benson

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