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ROCKET SPECIAL APRIL EDITION
ROCKET HAS LAUNCHED! Check out our newest issue! This is the culmination of brilliant minds at work. A true testament to powerful collaboration and innovation. 5 LIFE CHANGING Makeup Hacks You CAN’T MISS Is staying inside making you pale and you miss that sun-kissed freckled look? Are your lips looking dusty? Lost your lip […]
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Playlist: Going Up?
ROCKET Digital Team members Caroline Katz and Olivia Tran have carefully curated this playlist of imagined elevator music. Isn’t it too dreamy? Click here to check it out on Spotify! Image created by Jaela Watkins Music: untitled 06 by Kendrick Lamar
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Polished Isn’t Always Perfect
Have you ever wondered how the other half lives? The polished seems to be perfect, historically associated with what is good, true, and honest. We came to an idyllic picnic of the polished and found that this idea is wrong…Check our latest behind the scenes video and see what we found!
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Get To Know the Beauty Team
Get to know ROCKET’s beauty team. Hear all about their signature makeup looks, get some good makeup tips, and how they got into makeup! Check out what Jasmine, Meg, Kaela, Ruth, Elissa, Emily, Camryn, Ninjin, and Sylvia have to say!
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ROCKET x Levi’s
There is nothing more decadent than lazing on a sunny afternoon, wildflower-filled denim daydreams are best paired with wearing your favorite pair of jeans. What you wear matters, how it makes you feel matters. Use our affiliate link to treat yourself to the timeless classic, Levi’s. Video by Lu Huynh.
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¿Qué es Día de Muertos?
Mi cultura no es tu disfraz o un lugar para tus cuentas de redes sociales. Día de Muertos es un momento para recordar a nuestros seres queridos y celebrar el pasado en el presente. Día de los Muertos or Día de Muertos is a tradition that extends throughout Latin America but is closely identified with […]
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Savage Appetites and Empowered Victimhood
Digital writer Christina McBride sits down with Rachel Monroe, author of Savage Apetites to discuss the nuances in visibility, whose story gets told, and who gets searched for. Monroe’s book explores what it means specifically for women to become obsessed with crime. “Perhaps we liked creepy stories because something creepy was in us,” Rachel Monroe, […]
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ROCKET x Cohen Career Center
ROCKET staff member Jaela Watkins sat down with W&M student Tangereen Velveteen to discuss accessibility and business-casual wear for trans and non-binary people. ROCKET partnered with the Cohen Career Center to showcase pieces from their Dress to Impress closet, a resource for students to borrow professional attire. The Center for Student Diversity has recently launched […]
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Cowboys: Masculinity Reimagined – Behind the Scenes
Cowboys have historically been a touchstone for heteronormative ideals of masculinity. By portraying softness and intimacy we hope to challenge the projection of those ideals. The boundaries of cowboyishness are consistently being pushed, breaking down the rigidity of what it means to be a cowboy, creating space for more fluid perspectives and personalities. Like indie […]
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Interview: Meridian Coffeehouse
Situated just outside of Colonial Williamsburg, the unassuming Meridian Coffeehouse hosts a wide range of music and art events and serves as a hotspot for DIY culture here in America’s Historic Triangle. Owned by the university and operated by students, The Meridian seeks to provide students with a space to truly be themselves. To learn […]
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