Gabrielle Bondi

Co-Founder

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Gabrielle founded The Young Folks in 2010 with Luciana Villalba. Since then, she has served as editor-in-chief and oversees the staff and editorial content on The Young Folks. She recently graduated from Northwestern University and is now working on her master's degree at the Medill School of Journalism.

Book Review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts 1 & 2 by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany & Jack Thorne

Note: This review is filled with major spoilers. Please do not read this review until you have read or seen Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. This is the only spoiler warning you will receive. The person I was when…

Movie Review: ‘Ghostbusters’ is a fun and hilarious paranormal adventure

Ghostbusters is the movie I wish came out when I was kid because I know 10-year-old me would adore it. The nerdy premise teamed with a great group of kickass funny ladies makes for pure entertainment. Lucky for the new…

Blog Tour: ‘The Gallery’ Book Soundtrack

We are happy to kick off The Gallery Blog Tour! Today, author Laura Marx Fitzgerald stops by The Young Folks to share a playlist of songs that will transport you to another time and place, a perfect musical companion to her…

TV Review: Outlander Season 2 Finale – “Dragonfly in Amber”

Welcome back to our TV coverage of Outlander book two. Read our past reviews and recaps here. There are few things that I didn’t like about tonight’s season two finale of Outlander. The abrupt transitions between Claire’s past and present never…

Movie Review: The Legend of Tarzan

What an underwhelming summer movie season it has been thus far, with so many big blockbusters falling short of expectations. Unfortunately, I have to add The Legend of Tarzan to the bunch, a new spin on the classic story that…

Queens Landing Episode 10: Game of Thrones season 6 finale “The Winds of Winter”

Welcome to the tenth episode of Queens Landing, an all-girls GAME OF THRONES after show by TheYoungFolks.com. Hosted by Melissa Berne and I, we discuss the highly anticipated season six finale, “The Winds of Winter” with our guests, TYF editor Allyson Johnson…

TV News: First Look at Issa Rae’s HBO Comedy ‘Insecure’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veqxnUWa1Hk&feature=youtu.be “Black women aren’t bitter,” Issa Rae says to a class full of children. “They’re just tired of being expected to settle for less.” HBO debuted our first look at Issa Rae’s new show Insecure. Rae, known for her popular web series The…