Bo Burnham

Before I begin, a question for you: does a comedy about mental illness and the COVID-19 lockdowns have to be laugh-out-loud funny in an entertaining and uplifting way in order to be validating? And what about if you add ironic and biting songs to the comedy? Your answers to these questions probably reveal how validating [...]

Panic attacks suck, they just do. That pounding in your chest, losing control of your breath, dissociation, crying — the works. But what some people don’t realize is that the anticipation of a panic attack can sometimes negatively affect people just as much as the attack itself. This is something Bo Burnham discussed in an [...]

Eighth grade is an awkward time for most people, and sometimes there’s a lot of pressure to fit in. For those with social anxiety, it can be even harder. In the new film, “Eighth Grade,” Kayla is finishing her last week of eighth grade, where she was voted “most quiet” out of her class. Though [...]