Author Archives: Madeleine Nesbitt

Person Appreciation Post: Amanda Chan

Amanda Chan is a senior at Central York High School this year. She’s also a member of the Teen takeover staff here at YDR, and, in addition to that, she’s awesome. Unfortunately, I haven’t met Amanda very many times. Most … Continue reading

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Fashion Friday: Met Gala Recap

This year’s Met Gala theme was “punk” in honour of the umcoming exhibit at the Costume Institute: “Punk: Chaos to Couture.” This, as is to expected, produced some interesting results. Today you get a mini-recap, with some cute, some awesome, … Continue reading

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Fashion Friday: Get with Gatsby

My love for 1920s fashion will not be contained– nor will my love for everything Gatsby. I bring you with all my heart a collection of Gatsby-esque clothing: I hope you drown in Daisy Buchanan today. Drowning in Daisy by … Continue reading

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A Modern Gatsby…

Is coming to the Internet! In July, the Nick Carraway channel on YouTube is set to launch a modern-day vlog version of The Great Gatsby. The creators of the project say they were hugely inspired by Hank Green and Bernie Su’s … Continue reading

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Fashion Friday: Dear world, I DON’T CARE

There are days when you want to go out of the house telling the world that you really don’t care what it thinks or what judgments it makes on you. Technically, by advising you on what to wear on these days, I … Continue reading

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Beyoncétastic

There’s this awesome music artist. You may have heard of her. Beyoncé. She’s kind of taken over my life. That is, she has kind of taken over my iPod. So today, I want to share with you my top 5 Beyoncé songs. … Continue reading

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Most of it was there

The bear, I mean. Where, you say? In Emily Graslie’s latest video. In which Emily finds a bear skeleton, scrubs it, and puts it (plop! splash.) into a tub of hydrogen peroxide to soak. Discover the magic of bear skeletons! … Continue reading

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Listen to Neil Gaiman’s “Neverwhere”

Neil Gaiman, sci-fi/fantasy novelist extraordinaire, has written for the BBC before. He has written several Doctor Who episodes, but this time, there’s no visual: “Neverwhere” is a sci-fi radio show (an adaptation of a previous novel) about a certain Richard Mayhew … Continue reading

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Teen Takeover Poem of the Month: March

Teen Takeover’s staff will be teaming up with Versify’s Poem of the Month contest. Every month, Teen takeover will have its own Poem of the Month, written by one of our staff members. You can learn more about Versify’s contest … Continue reading

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Science & Art meet at The Daily Dish

Klari Reis has done this before. In 2009, she also did this project. Reis is an artist based in San Francisco, and she uses biology to make art. The Daily Dish is her year-long project. Each day, a new petri … Continue reading

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