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At a young age, seeing yourself represented is crucial in order to accept your identity. The constant repetition of “boy meets girl” is not only boring but harmful. Being told there’s nothing wrong with being gay or trans* doesn’t do nearly as much as being shown it. And if there are only one or two LGBT
13th, the Oscar-nominated film by Ava DuVernay, is no doubt one of the most exposing and riveting documentaries about the history of racial inequality in the United States. However, DuVernay focuses her film on the Prison Industrial Complex, and the mass incarceration of African-Americans seen in the United States prison system. The many speakers in the film offer valuable,
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
Breakups can be hard, especially when they aren’t amicable or mutual. It can be hard over someone who was once a large and significant part of your life, but solidarity and proof that others have experienced the same or similar thing and survived can help you push past the suffocating emotions of a breakup and
Let’s Meet OCKisDead OCKisDead is a new upcoming rap artist from Flatbush, New York, currently residing in Queens. He infuses lyricism, melodies, and harmonies to create songs that he calls “vibes”. He plans on reintroducing meaningful lyrics in a way that makes you get up move. As he says, “It’s all about the energy, because if
I’ve always been a reader, inhaling books faster than I could get my hands on them, and they have always shaped me in some way. Similarly to Rory Gilmore, I too carried a book everywhere, and I never cared much about whether it seemed rude to pull a book out at the dinner table. Growing
There’s always ups and downs in life and sometimes there is nothing you can do but escape into a different world for a while. For me, books and music have always been my chosen Utopia. However, each book in my archive deserves an entire article to fully explain the wonders of it, so I’ll stick
