-
4 days ago | 
msnbc.com | Hannah Holland
The love story at the center of Netflix’s new show “Forever” begins the same way Judy Blume’s 1975 novel, the inspiration for the series, does: at a New Year’s Eve party over pots of fondue. Told to us from high school senior Katherine’s perspective, Blume’s “Forever…” is a groundbreaking and frank examination of teenage sex and first love. Since its initial publication in the 1970s, many parents have been outraged over the book, demanding its removal from library shelves.
-
1 week ago | 
msnbc.com | Hannah Holland
Many news programs, including the one I write and produce for, often interview historians, professors and authors who can skillfully draw parallels between the past and the present, to help contextualize a particular moment or experience. In the relentless news cycles of recent years, it is helpful to orient yourself in the cultural discord of the 1960s, the Spanish flu, in Nixon’s calamitous politics — or even in the Kentucky Derby, which celebrates its 151st year on Saturday.
-
1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Hannah Holland
NowAnna Nicole Smith's Daughter Dannielynn Birkhead Wears Her Plunging LBD 21 Years LaterThe 18-year-old teen stepped out in a familiar look ahead of her Kentucky Derby appearance. Dannielynn Birkhead stepped out at a pre-Kentucky Derby gala on Friday night wearing her late mom Anna Nicole Smith's plunging bedazzled black dress.
-
2 weeks ago | 
msnbc.com | Hannah Holland
Pope Francis leaves behind a broken world, a beautiful legacy, and an unprecedented number of young new Catholics.
-
1 month ago | 
msnbc.com | Hannah Holland
In the first episode of “Black Mirror’s” recently debuted seventh season, Amanda and Mike, played by Rashida Jones and Chris O’Dowd, are an enviably in love couple with a simple, happy life. But when Amanda passes out while teaching her elementary-aged students a lesson on solar panels, we learn she has an inoperable brain tumor.
-
1 month ago | 
msnbc.com | Hannah Holland
In the third episode of Netflix’s number-1 hit series, “Adolescence,” 13-year-old Jamie, the boy who is arrested on suspicion of murdering his classmate Katie with a kitchen knife, speaks with a clinical psychologist. The psychologist is pretty, dressed in a flattering blue chiffon blouse, and exudes a kind of feminine strength. Her appearance matters to Jamie.
-
1 month ago | 
msnbc.com | Hannah Holland
The year is 2009. You’re a sophomore at a big public high school in Northern New Jersey. The seasons are just starting to change, you’ve got babysitting money in your black Longchamp tote, your favorite berry pink North Face fleece jacket on, and there is a school dance with a DJ on Friday night. It’s “neon safari” themed. You pile into your friend’s navy-blue Jeep Commander — she’s borrowing it from her father — and you head down Route 17 to the Garden State Plaza mall.
-
1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Hannah Holland
The year is 2009. You’re a sophomore at a big public high school in northern New Jersey. The seasons are just starting to change, you’ve got babysitting money in your black Longchamp tote, your favorite berry-pink North Face fleece jacket on, and there is a school dance with a DJ on Friday night. It’s “neon safari” themed. You pile into your friend’s navy-blue Jeep Commander — she’s borrowing it from her father — and you head down Route 17 to the Garden State Plaza mall.
-
1 month ago | 
businessandamerica.com | Hannah Holland
Earlier this week, Suzanne Collins added another book to her literary pantheon, a prequel to “The Hunger Games” called “Sunrise on the Reaping.” Nearly two decades after the original trilogy was published, “Sunrise on the Reaping” proves how critical and timely the series remains. “Sunrise on the Reaping” reads like it is aware of its impact and its audience.
-
1 month ago | 
msnbc.com | Hannah Holland
Earlier this week, Suzanne Collins added another book to her literary pantheon, a prequel to “The Hunger Games” called “Sunrise on the Reaping.” Nearly two decades after the original trilogy was published, “Sunrise on the Reaping” proves how critical and timely the series remains. “Sunrise on the Reaping” reads like it is aware of its impact and its audience.
