Hailey Wharram

Hailey is a senior from Richmond, Virginia studying English, journalism, & film & media studies. She is the Leisure Executive Editor. When she isn’t writing for The Voice, she loves songwriting, scrupulously updating her Letterboxd & Spotify profiles, & scribbling in the margins of all of her books.

Leisure

BIZZY bee: Meet the DMV native generating buzz in the indie pop scene

In “Anybody,” BIZZY sings that she “could fall in love with anybody.” But the flip side is also true—anyone could fall in love with BIZZY.

By April 9, 2025

Podcasts

Post Pitch: On Georgetown alum RaMell Ross’ Oscar nominated film “Nickel Boys”

Content warning: This article includes mentions of physical violence. Welcome back to Post Pitch! This week, the Voice’s podcast editor Katie Reddy interviews our writer, Hailey Wharram, about her conversation... Read more

By and February 4, 2025

Leisure

Georgetown alum RaMell Ross on his Oscar-nominated film, Nickel Boys

Ross’s experimental and fiercely empathetic sensibilities are obvious in Nickel Boys’ first-person point of view style.

By January 31, 2025

Leisure

On Homesick, Angelica Cox yearns for simpler days

Amid this season suspended between endings and beginnings, Angelica Cox is feeling, understandably, Homesick (2024). 

By December 5, 2024

Halftime Leisure

Hoyascope today: Spooky, scary horrorscopes for Halloweekend

What's in the stars today? Courtesy of the Halftime Leisure staff, choose your sign for your Halloweekend horoscope reading.

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Halftime Leisure

D.C. theater shines a satirical spotlight on politics

Operating as the beating heart of American politics, D.C. cannot seem to think about anything other than its day job—especially when it comes to entertainment

By and October 13, 2024

Leisure

Though imperfect, It Ends With Us starts an important conversation

By now, you’ve probably heard about It Ends With Us for all the wrong reasons. And that’s a damn shame.

By August 30, 2024

Leisure

Fassbinder and Free Verse: A Conversation with Poet Drew Pisarra

Pisarra crafts a collection which commemorates the late director’s work while simultaneously continuing the conversation.

By August 3, 2024

Leisure

Ha Vay’s Baby I’m the Wolf is a call to the wild you’re gonna wanna answer

On the eclectic, electrifying Baby I’m The Wolf, lightning does in fact strike the same place twice—actually, make that ten times. 

By July 15, 2024

Leisure

Tender but long-winded, The Tortured Poets Department would shine brighter if abridged, not anthologized

TTPD has a fair share of shimmering standouts that have only improved with time. However, the addition of the anthology tracks significantly watered down the record.

By and May 9, 2024