Callie Holtermann

January 24, 2023

Gen Z Embraces the Distorted Selfie Using Traffic Mirrors

Mercedes Jimenez-Cortes often takes pictures of herself in the domed mirrors that hang in parking garages. The mirrors turn an everyday scene surreal, bending concrete like […]
January 13, 2023

‘Avatar’: The Way of the Restroom

The movie’s three-hour-plus run time, which includes scene after scene of churning seas, is a recipe for repeated bathroom breaks. Alex Brizard deliberately did not buy […]
December 19, 2022

The Unsinkable Memes of ‘Titanic’

How a movie released before the iMac became a mainstay of internet culture. Katee Forbis often encounters a GIF on social media that shows a white-haired […]
November 27, 2022

Have We Reached Peak Christmas Ornaments?

A Wordle grid. A mitten-wearing Bernie Sanders. A stick of butter. Modern ornaments capture the zeitgeist. For some shoppers at Panache, a boutique in Saint Jo, […]
September 30, 2022

A ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Champion Solves the Relationship Puzzle

A prescient game show clue set Shawn Jones on a path toward Zainep Mahmoud, his future wife. In the bonus round of a March 2016 episode […]