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: “Hereafter” by Tara Hudson

After searching through numerous Amazon recommendation lists, I finally found a book that peeked my interests. Hereafter is Tara Hudson’s debut novel about a ghost, Amelia, who manages to save a boy’s life. I hadn’t read a ghost story in…

Listen to Episode 14 of our TYF Podcast!

This week we talk about the new fairy tale remakes, like Beauty and the Beast and Cinderella. We discuss “Magic Mike,” Abercrombie & Fitch/Jersey Shore controversy, latest trailers, new movies out this weekend (including Conan the Barbarian & One Day),…

Book Review: ‘Across the Universe’ by Beth Revis

I’ve had my eye on Across the Universe for a while. I’ve seen it on numerous book blogs and on the shelves of book stores. Finally, I decided to see what it is all about. Across the Universe has a…

Film Review: ‘Conan the Barbarian’ starring Jason Momoa

Conan the Barbarian, a remake of the 1982 Arnold Schwarzenegger film, will be out in theaters this weekend. It’s a remake hardly anyone wanted. After the initial teaser was shown for this movie, I definitely knew that this movie wasn’t…

Music News: Lady Gaga’s ‘You & I’ video premiere

There was once a time when I looked forward to a new Lady Gaga video. But lately my interested in her has been fizzling out. Sure, I like a couple songs off her latest album, Born The Way. But it…

Listen to Episode 13 of our TYF Podcast!

This week the podcast is out a little earlier! And it’s extra special because reader/special guest Brian joined us for the podcast! We discuss the latest big happenings in pop culture news, including the latest The Dark Knight Rises and…

Film Review: ‘The Help’ starring Emma Stone & Viola Davis

Today, I woke up and saw “Happy Women’s Day” trending on Twitter. I clicked on the topic and scrolled through tweets that said anything from sexist jokes to “love yourself” to Lady Gaga song lyrics. Then, I decided to look…