Alexis Morillo
Six New Friends & Four Tissue Boxes: My Experience at Group Grief Therapy
“We give emotions names just so we can make sense of them.” My therapist told me this in her dimly lit, on-campus office the spring of my...
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Alexis Morillo
- Dec 1, 2018
- 2 min
We Need More Comeback Stories
We’re used to seeing the mugshots of our once beloved childhood starlets on the cover of any magazine willing to publish it (and more...
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Alexis Morillo
- Dec 1, 2018
- 2 min
How Youtube is Changing Entertainment Journalism
Magazines and tabloids have been satisfying the audience’s nosey desire for all things celebrity news for years, but recently there seems...
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Alexis Morillo
- Nov 29, 2018
- 3 min
HiFashion Studios Presents "It's All Fun & Games."
Ithaca College’s Emerson Suites was packed on Nov. 27 as HiFashion Studios (HFS) hosted its biannual fashion show. The club, which...
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Alexis Morillo
- Nov 14, 2018
- 3 min
Ithaca Firsts Builds Community of First Generation Students on Campus
When Quinten Hernandez was a senior in high school, he thought his post graduation plans were set. While other students were starting...
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Alexis Morillo
- Oct 29, 2018
- 3 min
Speak Out Held on Campus to End Abortion Stigma
Ithaca College’s Planned Parenthood Generation Action organization teamed up with Ending Abortion Stigma (EAS), at their Oct. 23 event....
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Alexis Morillo
- Oct 20, 2018
- 2 min
Social Media Optimization — Ann Shoket Style
When it comes to my role models in the media industry, I have quite a few. But Ann Shoket rises above the rest. I remember watching her...
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Alexis Morillo
- Oct 20, 2018
- 3 min
What You Need To Know About The "Sh*tty Media Men" List
While scrolling through my Twitter timeline a couple days ago, I came across the following tweet. There’s a lot to unpack here. But what...
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Alexis Morillo
- Oct 10, 2018
- 3 min
IC Senior Uses Fashion to Encourage Female Entrepreneurship
Meredith Dunham, a senior at Ithaca College, is doing her part to change the status quo of females in business one vintage clothing piece...
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Alexis Morillo
- Oct 4, 2018
- 3 min
SNL Spoofs Kavanaugh: Opportune or Too Soon?
Our news cycle has seemed much like a parody rather than reality in recent years and NBC’s Saturday Night Live has been taking full...
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Alexis Morillo
- Oct 3, 2018
- 3 min
The Need for Independent, Feminist Media
Assessing the ethics behind Bitch Media's extensive fundraising campaign If you’re subscribed to Bitch Media’s email newsletter, your...
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Alexis Morillo
- Oct 2, 2018
- 3 min
IGTV vs. Snapchat Subscriptions: The Journalistic Potential of New Features
This week I took a closer look into two of the newest features on Instagram and Snapchat: Instagram TV (IGTV) and Snapchat subscriptions....
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Alexis Morillo
- Sep 15, 2018
- 2 min
Logging in, Turning bias off
News is more instant and integrated into our lives than ever before, and we have social media to thank for that. Scrolling through...
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Alexis Morillo
- Sep 13, 2018
- 2 min
Mac Miller, Ariana Grande, and “The Yoko Effect”
The night of September 7, every single pregame and party in Ithaca had one thing in common — at least one Mac Miller song was playing on...
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Alexis Morillo
- Jan 2, 2018
- 3 min
Not Your Average Christmas Ham
I don’t remember much about living in Florida. After all, I was only three years old then, but the nights my family spends looking...
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Alexis Morillo
- Jan 2, 2018
- 4 min
Children in the Spotlight: Is Struggle More Likely Than Stardom?
In the late 1980’s and 1990’s, spunky shows and sitcoms aimed at the youth were popping up on television screens across the country as...
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Alexis Morillo
- Jan 2, 2018
- 3 min
Why I'm Pursuing a Career in a "Dying" Industry
I wanted to be a doctor. Cut things open, help people feel better. All that stuff. Now, I’m a journalism major. And weirdly enough, I...
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Alexis Morillo
- Jan 2, 2018
- 7 min
Grieve and Grieve. When You're Ready: Write. And Then Grieve Some More.
Writing about feelings is hard but writing about science is easy. In psychology, there are these two theories: the first is the “primacy...
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Alexis Morillo
- Jan 2, 2018
- 4 min
The "B" Word
The first time I was ever called a bitch was probably behind my back. The first time I remember being called a bitch was in sixth grade...
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Alexis Morillo
- Jan 2, 2018
- 7 min
Growing Up a Musical
Whenever I go to my sister Amanda’s apartment she always has white wine even though I know she prefers red. This night was hardly...
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