Best Netflix Movie: “Winter’s Bone”
Every girl wants to be her best friend and every guy wants to hook up with her, so why not gather around and ogle at Jennifer Lawrence together? In this 2010 indie flick, Lawrence gives her true breakout performance starring as a 17-year-old girl from the Ozark Mountains who must hunt down her drug-dealing father before her family is forced into homelessness. We must warn you that after watching this film your love for Lawrence might foster into a full-blown obsession because she’s just that good in it.
Best Twitter account: @S--tGirlsSay
Sometimes girls talk a bunch of nonsense and there’s a Twitter account created to poke fun at their chatterbox tendencies, that’s where @S--tgirlssay comes into play and exploits every dumb comment that some girls make.
Best TV episode: “Parenthood” — “Because You’re My Sister”
This show is known to pack the emotional drama and this episode is no different. All we can say is that there is an adoption scene at the end of this episode that left us balling our eyes out from laughing and crying all at the same time. If you’re not watching this show, let this episode do the convincing.
Best Book: “17,000 Syllables: a Haiku Book” by Huy Pham
Huy Pham begins his book with a mission statement: “The reason I write Haiku: there are no freedoms without restrictions.” And through 1,000 short poems, BSU student and poet Huy Pham creates mini-statements of beauty, humor and heartbreak.
Best Album: “Same Trailer Different Park” by Kacey Musgraves
Kacey Musgraves adds to the cannon of country pop with Same Trailer Different Park. The single “Merry Go ‘Round” dominates radio play now, and the album is deep with more delightful songs like “Blowin’ Smoke” and “Keep it to Yourself,” proving that’s not the last we’ll hear from this Texas singer.
