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.

Books
Gunn’s Golden Rules: Life’s Little Lessons for Making It Work

I am not one for Self Help books. I always eyed that section of the bookstore with disdain. How can a book help me? Books are for pleasure, an escape, not to lecture me about my flaws. When I heard…

Books
Elixir

Lizzie McGuire –ahem- I mean Hilary Duff has decided to try her hand at writing a novel. With good sense, she chose to write a young adult novel. It’s a good demographic for her to go in and it is…

Music
“My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” – KanYe West

Gaby says: I’ve been a fan of Kanye West since the beginning. I love “College Drop-out,” “Late Registration,” and “Graduation.” (“808’s and Heartbreak” doesn’t exist to me.) I was lucky to go to his Glow in the Dark tour in…

Film
Burlesque

Once I heard that Cher and Christina Aguilera were teaming up for a movie about burlesque, I was very excited. After seeing the trailer, I expected great performances and a slightly cheesy (maybe even predictable) plot. And that’s what “Burlesque”…

Books
Clockwork Angel

Cassandra Clare is the author of the New Times Bestselling series, “The Mortal Instruments.” This year, she released the first book of “The Infernal Devices” trilogy, a prequel “The Mortal Instruments.” The first book, “Clockwork Angel,” brings us back to…

Film
The Next Three Days

I hate when it seems like a trailer plays out the entire movie for you in three minutes. When I watched the trailer for “The Next Three Days” I thought that was it. So going to the screening, I was…

Film
Morning Glory

The first thing I noticed about “Morning Glory” is the great cast. Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton, and Rachel McAdams are all well-loved actors in Hollywood. I wish I can say that I loved ‘Morning Glory.” It was good; cute. But…