Love Germs – Page 4

The Best Present Ever

Posted on Feb 20, 2014Nov 3, 2014 by Jordan Gripenwaldt

We may or may not be crying.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT: Rosa Parks

Posted on Feb 6, 2014Feb 5, 2014 by Shelby Padgett

A simple line drawn roughly halfway down a bus was a visual reminder of the segregation on public transportation in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955. African American passengers were allowed at the front of the bus to pay their fare, and nothing more. After this, they were required to only use the back door. In early […]

Black History Month Spotlight: Ella Fitzgerald

Posted on Feb 4, 2014Nov 3, 2014 by Jordan Gripenwaldt

If you don’t know about her already, Ella Fitzgerald was essentially the Aretha Franklin of the Jazz Age (you know, the era that F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote about in that book you were forced to read in English Class). She was an incredibly talented jazz singer who was considered the best of the best by […]

Music Video Gets Real

Posted on Jan 21, 2014Jan 21, 2014 by Jordan Gripenwaldt

[su_vimeo url=”http://vimeo.com/83514695″] The “Most Honest Music Video of 2013” award goes to Hungarian songstress Boggie, whose entire video shows her undergoing a photoshop-esque transformation to the flawless, airbrushed norm that is upheld by modern media. This norm is especially harsh for women and girls in entertainment, because they are held to a literally impossible standard […]

For the Disney Fanatic in All of Us

Posted on Jan 15, 2014 by Jordan Gripenwaldt

[su_youtube url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5CFz2M8kjc&list=FLBLXszp9o3z3Vz63PO6m5eA&index=2″] Just in time to prepare for the 2014 Winter Olympics, here is one of the best figure skating routines you will ever have the pleasure of watching. Performed by Amanda Evora and Mark Ladwig, two-time U.S Pair Skating Silver medalists, this routine brings to life Disney’s Pocahontas in the best way possible: on […]

Slam Poetry: Shrinking Women

Posted on Jan 15, 2014 by Jordan Gripenwaldt

[su_youtube url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQucWXWXp3k”] Poetry can have a profound, visceral effect on a person, and in all honesty, few pieces of art have impacted me as much as this video. Slam poetry is an awesome, competitive form of spoken word poetry that is growing in popularity and being performed all across the country. This video of Lily […]