Archive for May, 2017
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
Anime has received a bad reputation from many people for years, and those who are into it have no doubt been teased by a friend or family member for liking it (I will probably be teased for writing this article). However, after entering what you may call the “World of Anime”, you can see how vast
Meet Kheris Rogers, a ten-year-old from Southern Los Angeles who has started her very own t-shirt company. After being bullied in school for her dark skin, her sister Taylor took to Twitter and posted this: https://twitter.com/TaylorAndrea_/status/846101800067379200 This inspired Kheris to start this company, basing the name off of the caption of the tweet. It is called
The whites have done it yet again! Upon hearing Luis Fonsi’s remix of his hit song, Despacito featuring Justin Bieber and seeing it rise to the number one spot in American charts, I already knew something wicked was coming. Of course, my Cuban third eye was right, as it always is, and Bieber supporters have now begun
On Tuesday, May 30th, the Kinjaz made their debut on NBC’s World of Dance. From their humble beginnings as astounding individual choreographers, they came together in 2010 to form a super troupe of all males. Since then, they have made appearances on America’s Best Dance Crew and have even opened their own Kinjaz Dojo. After the
Back and forth his arm shook to pull flame from flint as he cursed a delicate “damn” and continued his onslaught of quick movements. His actions screamed, a spark, anything, please. He believed the Boy Scouts to project an institutionalized hyper-masculinity which countered the neutral, introverted qualities of great intellectuals since the beginning of time
In the age of an abundance of superheroes gracing our TV screens and saving the day, sometimes it’s nice to have shades of gray. Not fifty shades, but you know what I mean. It’s nice to have an antihero. Who, in most cases, lack the conventional morality and do-goodness that may become exhausting and not
I wrote this poem two years after the death of Micheal Brown. With the mass media’s coverage of the Black Lives Matter movement and the unrest happening in Ferguson, Missouri, I felt lost. I started to forget why we were fighting in the first place. All I saw were my people looting and destroying mom
I originally wrote this poem for the MayFalls Poetry Challenge: Love and Lilies. After I finished, I quickly fell in love with it, and it’s easily become one of the best and favorites poems that I’ve ever written. Poetry, I believe, is meant to be interpreted differently for each person. Individual characters and individual stories
The CW’s second season of its newly acquired hit ‘Supergirl’ has gathered a new audience thanks to actresses Chyler Leigh and Floriana Lima. A louder, more passionate crowd – the LGBTQ+ community. “Sanvers,” the couple consisting of the show’s Maggie Sawyer and Alex Danvers, has provided queer primetime television viewers a realistic, healthy representation of themselves.
The hit TV show ‘Law & Order SVU’ just wrapped up its 20th season with an episode that brought issues of immigration and Islamophobia in a two hour season finale. The show stars decorated and deeply compassionate detective, and now lieutenant, Olivia Benson played by Mariska Hargitay, and it teaches (receptive) viewers about issues of consent
