Emma Laurens
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Emma Laurens is a college student and aspiring writer. Her main interests are creative writing, theatre, film, music, and adventure.
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Songs to Make You Happy Cry
One of the most important things my teenage years taught me is that anyone and everyone can use some encouragement now and then, a reassurance that they are good enough and everything will be okay. I found that encouragement and reassurance in songs from musical theatre.
By Emma Laurens5 years ago in Beat
Why We Love 50's Fashion
The movie Grease is more than a classic--it's a cultural phenomenon, and for many reasons. There's the music, the characters, the aesthetic, and above all else, the nostalgia. Grease may take place in 1959, but the movie itself was released in 1978 and it was based on a musical that first played on Broadway in 1972. Why make both a very 1950's musical and a very 1950's movie adaptation at least twenty years after the decade had passed? One word: nostalgia.
By Emma Laurens5 years ago in Styled
The Glass Before Me
He’s supposed to be here. I’m not supposed to be drinking this Merlot by myself. Three months ago, we talked about this night for hours over text. We planned out every detail of this perfect date. Our first date—our first “real” date—after quarantine ended and restaurants reopened. We talked about sitting in this classic Italian restaurant together, how we loved the vines that crept up the brick and stucco walls. We’d sit on the patio with the golden lights hanging overhead. The light would shine in his perfect eyes. He’d take my hand in his. His hand would fit mine perfectly. It always did.
By Emma Laurens5 years ago in Humans
Secrets
A young man strode through the revolving glass doors with a grey satchel slung over one of his tense shoulders and stress written in the lines and shadows of his face. His eyes hinted at his youth; the curve of his lips, at his charm. His bone structure insisted that beneath the weariness that hung upon him, he was handsome. “Good morning, Rose,” he called to the young woman behind the front desk.
By Emma Laurens5 years ago in Humans
