I love The Jersey Shore and I wish I could experience the letter from season two in my own life, me being like Pauly D. I would like to be aware, but not involved in the drama, just watching it from afar. The letter itself is iconic with it being written in ALL CAPS, direct and taking no prisoners, I can only say that it is truly an iconic piece of literature.
It’s so iconic because of who wrote it and the absolute chaos that ensued. Snooki and Jenni wrote the letter in an internet cafe after their shift at work. It is truly a girl power moment as well as detrimental to feminism due to the women looking out for their friend and Sammi completely reacting in support of her cheating, lying, abusive boyfriend RON. Ron deserves no rights and I don’t know why I thought they were similar to Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick soulmate energy. THEY ARE NOT. Both are toxic for the other and did some pretty horrible things to one another throughout the relationship, Ron was way worse though, just watch the second season of The Jersey Shore.
In my life I aspire to be involved in my own version of the beloved reality TV show, but it will be almost as good as the original and not like other shows that have tried to replicate it. How will mine be different? IDK, but that’s MTV’s job to figure that out for I am busy, currently, working on memorizing the letter for personal reasons.
SAM,
THE FIRST NIGHT AT BED WHEN YOU LEFT, RON MADE OUT WITH 2 GIRLS AND PUT HIS HEAD IN BETWEEN A COCKTAIL WAITRESSES BREASTS. ALSO WAS GRINDING WITH MULTIPLE FAT (we don’t agree with the fat shaming but it is in the letter) WOMEN.
WHEN YOU LEFT CRYING AT KLUTCH, RON WAS HOLDING HANDS AND DANCING WITH A FEMALE AND TOOK DOWN HER NUMBER.
MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE KNOW, THEREFORE YOU SHOULD KNOW THE TRUTH.
The landmark LGBTQ+ establishment, Woody’s, is a go to place for many in the Philadelphia party scene. I have heard much praise for the bar from many, but I have also heard from several members of the community that the increasing popularity is making the scene feel “straight.” For 38 years, queer people have used Woody’s as a place to feel safe for their own expression, as well as to find people who have similar personal experiences and opinions. Now that it is a popular destination among both gay and straight groups, the bars tone is being affected.
I went to Woody’s for the first time and it was something.
I didn’t know what to expect, but it had big frat energy to me for several reasons. One, the music mixed with the darkness, mixed with all the grinding was the closest I felt to the fall of 2018, 1801, energy. Two, the number of heterosexual makeouts I witnessed was astonishing to see so many and again, I have not seen this in such a high quantity since my time as a freshman in frats. It is bold of me to assume the sexuality of both parties involved and either could be a member of the alphabet mafia, but because you just don’t know it is easy to assume based on societal norms. Honestly, it’s not the fact that heterosexual relationships were happening, it’s the fact that they were much more common than homosexual relationships in the LGBTQ+ establishment. Everywhere I turned, I was faced with an assumed member of the male sex sucking the life out of an assumed member of the female sex. If you looked hard enough, you could see assumed same sex couples engaging in relations. Third, the “dance floor” was just a grinding fest that reminded me of feral freshmen during September, scary. You may be thinking “Claire, you loved frats before the pandemic. What’s the issue with Woody’s feeling that way?” Honestly, it is a bit of a turn off simply because I am over the scene and have matured beyond the hormone fueled parties. Also, the “frat energy” to me is very heterosexual and gives me, personally, negative vibes for the LGBTQ+ community and is the opposite of what I would equate with a safe queer environment.
I am in no way insinuating that heterosexual people should not be allowed in the establishment, it is truly a fun time, but pointing out that they’re affecting the culture of the bar. The judgment felt by those looking for a same sex partner should not be felt within Woody’s, but sadly it is. Obviously, creeping and lurking by anyone is not okay, but simply showing interest for a member of the same sex should feel less judged in a bar targeted to LGBTQ+ members. If you’re going to a gay bar, in the gayborhood, you should be aware that you will be assumed to be queer in some way. It is not a frat or a regular bar/club with hetero-normative standards, it is a gay bar with homo-normative standards, meaning people are gay and looking for other gays to do gay things with. So don’t treat people poorly when they assume you are a member of the LGBTQ+ community in a LGBTQ+ establishment.
That being said, if someone doesn’t respect your sexual preference after it is disclosed and they’re still trying to start something, call their ass out. No one is allowed to make unwanted sexual advances and your sexuality should be respected by all, even if you “look the part” of a sexuality’s sterotype. But if you are straight and make eye contact or bump into someone, don’t look at them in disgust to nonverbally show your disinterest, just be polite and disclose your lack of interest. To put it simply, you are making people feel negatively about themselves in a place that’s supposed to be a safe space to express their sexuality is not cool. It’s so common everywhere else to face backlash simply because you are a member of the LGBTQ+ community, don’t come into Woody’s, a known gay estbalishment, and be borderline homophobic. If you truly don’t want to be hit on by a queer person, do not go to a place that is allows all people to express themselves and indulge in their sexual preferences.
The only thing Woody’s can do to better the environment of the bar is to be less frat by playing better music. People want to hear non-typical bar, frat and club music, the girls and the gays should be catered to by the DJs, the bad mumble rap and mixes can be left off the queue. Truthfully, to better the atmosphere it is the party goers that need to change and adapt to the culture. All are welcome, but if you are going to a gay bar as straight person strictly to look for straight hookups, check yourself. The girls and the gays have lived in harmony for so long and that peace is threatened by those looking to use and abuse places like Woody’s for their own personal gain. (AKA, guys who are looking for the straight girl friends that accompany their gay friends to the bar, as well as other straight-subgroups that are currently less prominent). Before going to any bar, gay or straight, think about the culture and be sure to respect the atmosphere that is meant to be safe. Take your negativity and go. Also, take the rising crime within the bar with you, a real vibe killer.
The things you can find on the internet accidentally.
The verb “hoodwinked” is defined as “deceived or tricked” by Dictionary.com.
In 2006, the film “Hoodwinked!” was released to theaters by the Weinstein *gag* Company *vomit*. With high school animation skills and a rather star studded cast, this childhood fever dream movie is rather good. The plot being that someone is stealing the recipes of the forest and being paranoid Little Red Riding Hood (Anne Hathaway) takes her, Betty-Crocker-wannabe, grandmother’s recipe book for safekeeping. A series of curious events happen involving a wolf (Patrick Warburton), a lumberjack (Jim Belushi), Granny (Glenn Close) and Red, leading to a private detective investigation. The film begins with the event being investigated a wolf, a lumberjack, Granny and Red are at the center of the investigation. Red is a main suspect for who stole the recipes, but ultimately is the most unaware character of the truth, def is a therapy topic for her.
The story is told through flashbacks during the characters interviews and during the villain reveal with a high action ending. wOw. That was a lot, but long of the short, a sadistic bunny was stealing the recipes and was causing all the sets of events to happen, but they stopped him and lived happily ever after. The main points I want you to remember are: detective that speaks in riddles, set in present, but has a lot of flashback scenes during suspect interviews, stories are basically the same with slightly different parts of the story piecing it all together, big character development bomb and “surprise” villian.
The phrase “the knives are out (for someone)” is to readily push the blame onto someone else in an unfair way in a paraphrasing from Google.
In the 2019 film “Knives Out,” the title derives from “the knives are out (for someone),” and it was released to theaters by Lionsgate (rawrXD). With beautiful cinematography and a rather star studded cast, this modern classic is also rather good. The plot being that a famous author, Harlan Thrombey, was found dead, his death ruled a suicide. A private investigator is hired to look into the death by an unknown character, the private investigator speaking in riddles and seeming to always have a next step.
The toxic Thrombey family are the suspects as well as his at home nurse, Marta, with more than just one secret being exposed. The film takes place several weeks after the death, setting up the family with their conflicting interviews of their accounts of the night. Marta is the prime suspect for she was the last person to be with Harlan, but is ultimately the most morally sound character. The story is told through flashbacks during the characters interviews and during the villain reveal with a high action ending. WoW. That was a lot, but long of the short, the culprit tried to kill their grandfather for their inheritance by switching his medication labels, but failed because Marta is a good nurse. Harlan did commit suicide to protect Marta, and the culprit was arrested for murder and attempt of murder, Marta was the only one who lived happliy ever after.
Thinking back to the points I listed at the end of the first paragraph and comparing the two films based on those two points, what would you find? Would it be that Rian Johnson, the director and writer of “Knives Out,” watched his copy of “Hoodwinked!” and liked the plot? Cause that’s what I’m thinking. When I watched “Hoodwinked!” last week, I noticed a lot of similarities….weird…..Anyway if you want to watch the two and compare, I can lend you my dvd, that I’m surprised still works honestly, because it is literally nowhere on the internet.
We are watching Russia invade Ukraine, in the middle of a global pandemic, all while the Queen of England has COVID. With this decade’s chapter in future history books being THICK already, the 2020’s cannot catch a break. During this tense time, many are looking for answers and thinking who will come and save us? I am probably the last person to give my opinion, but here is who I think could stop Russia if given the chance and what supplies they would need.
Taylor Swift, 12 minutes and every single one of her fans fully equipped with the US weaponry
First, T-Swiz on a concert stage, in a very safe location miles and miles away from the action, in front of her, millions of Swifties. She will give a rousing minute-thirty speech getting everyone ready to go and then, for the remaining ten minutes and thirteen seconds, she starts “All Too Well” THE TEN MINUTE VERSION and then war. By the end of the first bridge, Russian forces will be wearing thin, by the end of the second verse, full retreat and at the end of the song, world domination.
Philadelphia fans
We all saw what happened to Philadelphia after the Eagles won the Super Bowl. Okay, that was our own city. Give out a bunch of beers, promise everyone their favorite cheesesteak and play every sports championship game leading up to the 2018 Super Bowl. I am sure that other sports team fans, especially the Bills, could do it, but Philly will do it.
The women from the Jersey Shore
No explanation needed.
Russia could never stand a chance if put up against anyone listed above, especially JWOW. JWOW def beat Putin’s ass.
Apple needs to stop changing their chargers. I got a new phone over winter break, which was already expensive enough, and then as I was checking out, the worker was like “you should probably get the new charger, too.” New charger? It’s the same charging port so how is there a new cord, you ask? Simple. it no longer goes into a USB-A port but a USB-C port. Like what does that mean? I get that it is a quick cash grab to be like “Oh, your phone’s battery life will be impacted if you use the old charging block.” That is really annoying. And Apple is constantly pulling this kind of stuff. From EarPods switching to AirPods and now this. When does it end? When will the need to stay updated with the current technology market stop being exploited? Will it ever? Now, I can’t even borrow my roommates’ chargers if I need them. Otherwise my battery will drain, or so I was told. Although that may not sound like an immediate problem, I just got a new, fairly expensive, phone and should not have to sacrifice the ‘better battery life’ just to be able to charge it. And I know that this is such a first-world problem, but all I’m saying is that if Steve Jobs were still here, he would be proud of his company yet sad for humanity, and I stand by that statement.
My biggest pet peeve of all time is when bicyclists decide to ride on the road, and I know I’m not the only one who feels this way, although I might be the one who feels the strongest. Not only does riding your bike in the road create an inconvenience for the drivers who then have to slow down or swerve to avoid hitting you despite there being a sidewalk that literally was made for the purpose of transporting yourself beside the road when you don’t have a car, it also reveals the major sense of entitlement that cyclists hold themselves to. Like, it’s not the Tour de France, it’s 8 a.m. on a Tuesday. I have somewhere to be and you have the notion that you are as fast, or important, as my car; and guess what, you aren’t even comparable to my four-ton vehicle. But the worst, most irreverent act of cycling that one could possibly conduct is that of riding side by side with other cyclists. This means that there is no physical way for a car to speed up and go around you because you and your gaggle of Armstrong-wannabes have decided to start training for a race. In all likelihood, you won’t even win said race, meaning that you made me late to work for a participation trophy at that.
It’s friggin cold and it wasn’t cold last week. With temperatures last week reaching 50 degrees fahrenheit and this week not only dropping to the single digits, but then jumping back up to 60 degrees, I have come to a scientific conclusion: Earth is not in fact warming to life-threatening temperatures, but actually throwing a fit because humans suck. You heard it first, the human race is causing the planet, our planet, Earth to throw a b***hfit and mess with the temperature mid-February to spite us. The study by someone from some Ivy League in some obscure part of the country says so and you should believe me because I said it in a newspaper. The temperature-tantrums caused by our s**t-head actions, mostly you single use water bottle people and not large corporations who create large amounts of waste and toxins for the Earth. No, definitely you non-recycling bastards, just buy a reusable water bottle. Oh, and it’s not the single-use plastic that every company uses to package food products, either, just the water bottles. In fact, just our generation is to blame, but only the regular people who are just trying to buy products within our price range. No, it’s not older generations’ faults, even though they were pretty f*** up on alcohol and drugs or the large companies that mass-produce plastic, waste and toxins. So, yeah, own up to being the reason why the Earth is throwing temperature-tantrums.
GET YOUR GREEN BEERS READY. It’s one month away from the best holiday for Americans stealing other cultures’ things in order to make money!!! Forget Valentine’s Day, why be bummed that you’re single and surrounded by hearts when you can be drunk and “Irish dancing” with your friends. I am Irish, like if you were to go back to like the 1800s someone I am somewhat related to would’ve been in Ireland. Yo I like potatoes, beer and causing a ruckus, it’s in my genes. For those of you who were left alone this Feb. 14, just remember that the holiday based around aggressively drinking is right around the corner. I am excited and you might catch me at the Olney Transportation Center trying out my best Irish jig, decked out in green.
Mental health is not a joke, but WTF is going on with Kanye. Who is letting this man just openly display his mental breakdown on social media where he continues to attack Kim Kardashian and anyone who doesn’t agree with Ye. Mr. College Dropout is not the only one going through it during the worst month of the year, February is the worst month just agree with me. S**t is just hitting the fan and the only shining lights are getting drunk on green beer in a month, spring and then summer as well as sleep. Kanye is truly going through something, but so are we, so ball out and act like you’re worth millions of dollars and maybe you will make it through to noon beers season.
The characters on this show are not good people, genuinely. I love each of these characters, minus Nate and Cal Jacobs, but they’re all so shitty and do such shitty things especially to the people they care about, as well as to strangers. These are my opinions and the characters are different from the actors, so this article is in no way a reflection of my opinions on the people who perform these characters. Now that I’ve said that, I would physically fight Nate and Cal Jacobs as well, I think each of these characters needs a slap in the face.
Season one, we saw Maddy literally engage in consensual sexual activity with a random guy to get back at Nate after they broke up. Then she spun the story that she blacked out and accused the kid of sexual assult on a minor and got him sent to jail, all for her shitty boyfriend to not get in trouble for literally choking her out. Maddy is not an angel when you look at her actions to help Nate, who is the worst person ever, who emotionally cheated on her with Jules and used her best friend as a sneaky link. As much as Cassie sneaky linking with Maddy’s ex in season two is one, against girl code and two, just shitty behavior, it’s pretty on brand for her considering she cheated on her boyfriend in season one.
Cassie. Our poor girl with major daddy issues, poor decision making skills and no backbone just got caught by the one person that will f*** her shit up. Girly is gonna lose Maddy and Kat, her two best friends over a guy who is just using her and emotionally manipulating her *screaming and crying and throwing up.* Kat, who doesn’t really do anything wrong and actually is a pretty good person with bad friends, just needs to break up with Ethan and deserves much more screen time, period. The same with Lexi, who is about to put Cassie and her friends on blast with her play.
I AM HOLDING OUT FOR FEZ AND LEXI. Lexi, our unproblematic queen, who does need to, like her sister Cassie, get a spine and stand up for herself more, and Fez the drug dealer with a heart of gold. The power couple we need and want from this show. Fez is a pretty decent person, but he does sell drugs, so he is not the best person to most people, I am not most people and he’s my favorite character.
SPEAKING OF DRUGS. Rue, our narrator, the performance that deserves another Emmy, is something else. Obviously her struggle with addiction is what majorly influences her actions and drives her to act out in order to fulfill her needs. Her mom and Gia are the only two people who truly are looking out for Rue and deserve better. After her overdose at the beginning of season one, you would think her friends would pay more attention to her and what situations she is put in, but no. They actively bring a recovering addict into party scenes where drug and alcohol use is happening and while Rue can always say no to going to these events, what teenage girl wants to spend her weekend inside while all her friends are partying? If one of her friends even just took a second to pay attention to her, they could’ve seen how destructive it is to Rue’s progress to go to these parties with the environment and substances that would cause her to relapse. Elliot is a product of Rue going to a party, he didn’t know of her addiction at first, but clearly when she almost goes into cardiac arrest after taking too many drugs there’s an issue there. He fuels her issue by enabling and participating in her drug habit, unlike Fez who calls her ass out and will not sell to her if she is being destructive.
The true villain of Rue’s story is Jules. Jules herself is fine, not the best person, but is horrible to her partner especially in season two. With the two getting back together in the second season after dating in season one, you would think Jules would know when Rue is using, but she doesn’t care to pay attention to her partner. It is certainly not her job or any of the other characters’ jobs to babysit their friend, but she is clearly high and has been clearly high the whole season. Taking five minutes to actually pay attention to Rue by any of the characters, they would’ve been able to see their friend had relapsed. While the excuse of pot could be a possible explanation to her actions, smoking or eating majiuanna is very different from the drugs that Rue’s been using in season two. You’re telling me that Jules, who is dating Rue, seeing her everyday didn’t notice that her girlfriend was doing HEROIN, FENTANYL and various PILLS. On top of her ignorance of a person she is in a relationship with, Jules cheated on Rue with Elliot, the same person that has been enabling Rue’s drug use. Jules cheated on the person she “loves” and continued to have a physical relationship with Elliot after he told her that Rue relapsed and he was doing drugs with her. Then she turned around and told Rue’s mom about her girlfriend’s drug use and dumped all the drugs, really just sending Rue into debt with a drug dealer. Jules just f***ed Rue’s life and Fez’s life all because she decided to jump in at the last second, a last ditch effort without any context and dumped 10k worth of drugs.
If Fez dies because of this I will be so sad. Homie deserves to have a good and honest relationship with Lexi and maybe he will grow beyond dealing, but no, he’s def gonna catch the shit from Rue’s actions that he told her not to do. Like lowkey idc about Ashtray, but if either him or Fez dies, it’s Rue and Jules fault. While Cassie and Jules have very similar plotlines this season, with them both hooking up with people they shouldn’t be. The consequences of Cassie’s actions is that Maddy wants to beat her ass and is directly affecting her. Jules’ actions have a slight consequence on her with Rue, but Rue and Fez’s life are at jeopardy for being a hero and dumping a suitcase worth of drugs with the worst of it not affecting her life. Overall, these characters need to figure their shit out because someone is going to die, no joke. Sam Levinsten should’ve done so much more with his characters and listened to his actors when they had opinions on the direction their characters were moving towards. As well, if they could stop casting 20+ year olds as teenagers then maybe people would sympathize with the characters’ ages and how they act rather than becoming angered by adults acting poorly. Anyway, Barbie deserves better and that’s on that.
The La Salle Collegian 