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: “Lost Stars” by Claudia Gray

Ciena Ree and Thane Kyrell, two new characters introduced a Claudia Gray’s book set in “Star Wars” universe, are rumored to be Rey’s parents. If you’ve seen The Force Awakens, this rumor will pique your interest, since one of the…

‘Concussion’ Movie Review: Will Smith’s new drama is no game-changer

What can be said about Concussion outside that it’s Will Smith’s best performance in years? Too bad it’s for a movie mostly plays it safe and isn’t as thrilling or biting as it aspires to be. I’m not a sports…

Star Wars: When To Expect The Sequel & Upcoming Films

So you just saw Star Wars: The Force Awakens and can’t wait for Episode VIII… Here is a quick rundown on when and what to expect the next Star Wars movies. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Release Date: December…

TV Review: Jane the Virgin Winter Finale – “Chapter Thirty”

Welcome back to The Young Folks’ Jane the Virgin Season 2 coverage! Click here to read our previous coverage of the series. Jane is told by her smart (and super attractive) advisor that sometimes you need to break the rules to…

The Film Canon: Sense and Sensibility (1995)

Sense and Sensibility is a film I discovered years later during an obsessive teenage phase of romantic period dramas. I went through them all and only had two films that I enjoyed re-watching over and over again. One of them…

Girl Meets World : Why Riley & Maya’s Friendship Is The Heart of the Show

Confession: I’m 26 years old and way too invested in the characters’ lives in Girl Meets World. But isn’t that a sign of a great show? I grew up with Cory and Topanga and have seen and loved every single…

The Film Canon: Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)

Over 200 years later and we still love Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice so much that we get at least one new version of it every other year. I’m not really complaining because Pride and Prejudice is one of the…