May 21, 2019
Tune-In Tuesday #19: Thump by Gone Fishin’
The indie alternative-rock band Gone Fishin’ released two fresh singles to kick this summer off on Friday.
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May 20, 2019
How Smoking was Denormalized
Cigarettes? Yuck. Cigars? Even yuckier… As the kids these day would say. Teen tobacco use was at an all-time low with only 10.4 percent of youths smoking in 2017, Truth Initiative reports. This marked a 45 percent decline since 2011, when 18.6 percent of teenagers smoked cigarettes.
How did we get here? When did smoking stop being cool, despite it remaining an over romanticized aesthetic?
May 19, 2019
Strain of the Week: Blueberry Budder by Liberty
Blueberry Budder is a concentrate manufactured by Liberty that produces a bit of a physiological domino effect.
May 18, 2019
Weekly Newsletter #20: Cultural Cravings
Continuing our theme of culture for May’s issue of The Burgundy Zine, we were honored to feature posts from guest contributors about social media culture as well as tiny living culture.
We also reviewed Fabrice Midal’s “The French Art of Not Giving a Sh*t,” gave a few alternatives to the floral prints that plague workwear this time of the year, covered Prof. Hayley Nelson and Tiny Curry-Logan’s wellness webinar, explained the soda tax, and made a few updates to our email subscription system.
May 18, 2019
Tiny Living Culture – Is Van Life For Us? by Emily Barnes
Emily Barnes of New York Family Adventures has given us a glimpse into tiny living culture with her van life guide for the fifth issue of The Burgundy Zine
May 18, 2019
What is the Soda Tax?
You’re carousing the aisles of your favorite convenience store in Philadelphia, parched, your mouth as dry as the Sahara desert. Craving a bubbly, sugary Coke, you quickly navigate to the beverage section only to find the price has jumped to $2.12 – and that’s not including the city’s 0.08 percent sales tax, either.
May 17, 2019
Calling All Contributors – May 2019
Calling all contributors! If you are a writer, artist, photographer, or musician interested in having your work featured in the May 2019 issue of The Burgundy Zine, you’ve come to the right place.
May 16, 2019
Webinar: The Physiological Effects of a Life Out of Balance
Neurology Professor Hayley Nelson, P.h.D., and Tina Curry-Logan demonstrated the physiological effects of stress during webinars on the evening of Apr 25 and afternoon of Apr 26.
May 15, 2019
Be Kinder to Yourself: Social Media by Chloe Fry
For the fifth issue of The Burgundy Zine, fellow blogger Chloe Fry has shared with us her take on the effect of social media culture on our wellbeing.
May 15, 2019
How to Dress for Work Without Sporting Floral Prints
April showers bring seasons of clothing adorned in flowers. From bathing suits to crop tops to blouses to trousers, floral prints are practically inescapable… Until burgundy bug came to the rescue, that is.