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When I returned from class this morning, my entire Twitter feed was in a panic because the FCC voted to repeal the Obama-Era Net-Neutrality regulations. Everyone was suddenly so sure that they would be paying $14.99 a month to use social media, and this, clearly, meant that the world was going to explode for the
Chinese Artist, Ai Weiwei has recently launched a Kickstarter campaign together with the Public Art Fund to construct security-fence installations across New York City. The project titled “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors” involves more than 300 site-specific installations in locations including Central Park, Washington Square Park and others. Although these installations will vary in size
President Donald Trump has been in office for about 30 weeks now and most Americans, even those who claim not to be politically involved, can list more than a few controversial ways he has exercised his power as commander-in-chief. It is frustrating to watch mainstream news outlets speak so professionally of the unsophisticated and uncultured
This poem was inspired by the riots in Charlottesville, and the attacks on black and brown bodies all over the world. If I am to die tonight, Cradle me in the arms of the angels. Where all is good and pure. Where the air is clean, and the soil is fertile. When I die, bury
As technology becomes more and more integrated into our daily lives, and more and more forms of media are being used to connect with the people around, it is no wonder that podcasts are beginning to make their mark on the social media world. Six in every ten Americans are familiar with the word “podcasting”—which,
If you weren’t too busy recovering from the inauguration earlier this year, Katy Perry released her first single from her new album Whiten-uhhh I mean Witness. This was just the beginning of an era we are all collectively tired of. In my personal opinion, I think the inauguration of President Peanut combined with the pressure
Wonder Woman is a new superhero movie based off the DC Comics of the same name; with its recent release, it has received a lot of both praise and backlash from the public. The praise coming from the fact that it’s one of the few women superhero movies that is all about female empowerment. And the
Misa Kuranaga hails from Osaka, Japan but is based in Boston. She is 5’1 and very petite and often overlooked due to this, she is a principal dancer for the Boston Ballet. She is an international success for the world of ballet due to her defiance of the “standard ballet beauty.” Watch her story here:
There has been this emergence, or a re-emergence to some, of far-right nationalism on a global scale. Ideas that a decade ago would’ve been thought unfathomable, suddenly gaining a new degree of validity in political circles. Globalization, world peace and liberal democracy, all facing a bizarre rejection at an alarming rate. It is as if
After being recommended by my friends to read Courtney Milan’s books, I started with The Governess Affair, which is book 0.5 in The Brothers Sinister series. After I finished, I started reading The Duchess War (book 1) and this book was an absolute delight to read. This book is vastly different from other historical romances
This poem was inspired by images of police brutality seen in the media and has been adapted from its spoken word format for this publication. There is a dead child’s body on Congress’s floor. Stop. There is a friction between clothes and skin. Stop. First wound in the womb. Stop. The shadows lag. Lag
Imagine: The world as you know it is about to end…or so young Ginger thinks in the 2013 coming-of-age indie movie Ginger & Rosa, directed by Sally Potter, which stars Elle Fanning (Ginger) and Alice Englert (Rosa). Anti-Cold War campaigns in London begin to clash with the sexual revolution of the 1960s. Everyone is
