Ah, Valentine's Day, the holiday where couples with 9 to 5 jobs get to terrorize people in various industries. If you work in entertainment, service, or hospitality, I am so sorry. You do not deserve the chaos, madness, and terror that is coming to you during this Hallmark card of a holiday. For most people in the hospitality industry, January and February are chill months! Unless your hotel is hosting a convention or you worked at an Arizona Hotel last weekend, your hotels are likely pretty em…

Liminal spaces are the aesthetically strange rooms that nobody can get enough of. For the uninitiated, a liminal space “is a location which is a transition between two other locations, or states of being.” For instance, pools, hallways, and abandoned rooms all can fit into the definition of “liminal spaces.” This aesthetic trend developed in the 2010s and has gained popularity both on TikTok and in the video game Backrooms, which depicts different ominous spaces a player must try to escape. The…