Patch & Remington, a new community-driven art space in Marcellus, is set for Grand Opening on February 1. WSV’s Michael Hogoboom reached out to Sarah Ayers, co-founder of the project, to learn more about the new community space coming to Southwest Michigan.
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Have you ever been stuck between a rock and hard place? A situation where you have two choices and both choices kinda suck? Then you have experienced the Trolley Problem. This week WSV columnist Amanda Yearling examines this thought experiment, and how it pertains to our lives.
In this short episode, Hogey from the I Can Marvel All Day podcast takes over Keep Your Voice Down to feature an interview between Hogey and Alek about Watershed Voice.
For week two of all-animated film December, Lisha and Jules are coming at you with the feature length directorial debut from Sylvain Chomet, 2003’s The Triplets of Belleville!
Watershed Voice Columnist Charles Thomas writes about his upbringing, and the greatest gift his father ever gave him.
Naked Philosophy is a series of articles by Amanda Yearling that will examine current problems/events under a philosophical lens. This week Yearling argues that in order “to build a tolerant society that is welcoming and open, we must be willing to shut down behavior that threatens to oppress the rest of us.”
Local recording artist and producer Mitchie Moore released a new full-length album on November 27. Moore virtually sat down with Watershed Voice this weekend to discuss the album, which he describes as experimental hip-hop/rap, with inspirations from electronic music.
“And then we move onto the elves who TP the house. In this Covid world we all know that toilet paper is worth more than gold right now. Why are you wasting perfectly good TP? Are you going to recycle it and reuse it after it’s done its job? Is that weird? Is reusing toilet paper a thing?”
“I want to imagine that those in leadership couldn’t possibly be so willfully ignorant of the complications impacting the Black American experience. The conscious omission of our history, and history and reality is gaslighting at its finest. It’s cruel.”
“Trans people are not dangerous, but are, in fact, one of the most marginalized, abused, and harassed groups that need to be protected, rather than excluded, by our laws. And it’s ignorant to believe that giving trans women rights will somehow impede on cis women’s rights, in the same way one would never concede that giving black people rights will somehow lessen white people’s rights.” — Zoe Thomas
The I Can MARVEL All Day Teenager Corespondent, Ezra, has brought attention to a series of announcements and rumors regarding the upcoming Marvel Studios Spider-Man film. Ezra joins Hogey in the studio to discuss what these announcements and rumors could mean for the upcoming film and future of the MCU.
How did we get here? How did we get to a place where facts are not facts and opinions are? When did things change from seeking the truth to seeking something to fit our own narrative? The narrative I would like to address in particular is that Barack Obama created division in this country.
I wanted adult conversation. To feel like I had someone in my corner when I felt like I was failing. I wanted someone to go to coffee with. But I have to admit, making mom friends is hard. Like really hard.
In the real world, recovery from addiction is often a lengthy and agonizing process, both for the addict and their loved ones. Recovery happens in fits and starts and repeated relapse is almost always part of the marathon road to sobriety. In fact, real world recovery looks less like that The Bold and the Beautiful storyline and more like the public trials being faced by St. Joseph County Prosecutor John McDonough.
Aundrea Sayrie talks data brokers and the pitfalls of social media in this week’s “Living on Purpose” column.
“I see the irony here: I’m supposed to be the tree-hugger. And yet, it’s still hard for me to feel a sense of urgency around climate change, particularly when there are pressing situations happening all the time. It’s especially tricky now, but I think it’s always been hard.”
“Please understand, the promise of the 19th Amendment feels a little empty right now. The 19th rang hollow for many women in 1920, too.”
“As I sit back and think about it, I wonder how we do it all every morning. How do we keep everything together when really all we want to do is go back to sleep? Why do I always feel like my head is going to blow up from all the stress our morning routine causes? Why can’t I get it together?”