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Review: Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On
A Musical Revelation Eddie Kelsey London, UK Marvin Gaye in 1974 (Holly Cheng / Wikimedia Commons) When asked about the album towards the...
Oct 14, 20232 min read
'bad idea right?' Review
Lucy Goldberg New York, U.S. Bad Idea Right - official graphic via @oliviarodrigo Olivia Rodrigo released her second single off of her...
Sep 17, 20223 min read
A Shifting Map of The Soul in ‘The Cartographers’
By Ananya Vinay Fresno, California Nowadays, paper maps are an anachronism. More often than not, a GPS is a substitute for the physical...
Sep 11, 20223 min read
The West Wing Season 1 is Intricate, Comforting and Masterfully Crafted
By Kaden Pradhan London, United Kingdom There is no doubt that an air of mystery surrounds the White House, and the President of the...
Sep 3, 20222 min read
Acts, Awards, and Announcements: The 2022 VMAs Hit American Screens
By Emily Berliner 3.7 million viewers tuned in at 8:00 PM EST on August 28 to watch the MTV Video Music Awards of 2022. Many familiar...
Aug 27, 20222 min read
The Awkward Sweetness of ‘Wedding Season’
By Ananya Vinay Fresno, California Rom-coms featuring the fake-dating premise are not uncommon. They come with obvious clichés and...
Jul 31, 20223 min read
The Surprising Grace of 'The Other Side of Things'
By Ananya Vinay Fresno, California We all know what parents will sacrifice for their children, whether it’s to protect them from harsh...
Jun 29, 20223 min read
The Patriarchy Ablaze in “When Women Were Dragons”
By Ananya Vinay Fresno, California With every injustice that women face on a daily basis, it is natural to want to burn it all down. Yet,...
Apr 11, 20222 min read
Hidden Constellations of Identity In Sparks Like Stars
By Ananya Vinay Fresno, California We take our names for granted, but they’re the bedrock of our identity. Yet we don’t often realize...
Apr 10, 20223 min read
In King Richard, Richard Williams Overstays His Reign
By Ananya Vinay Fresno, California A parent’s dreams can be a devil or an angel on their shoulder, but more realistically, a blend that...
Apr 9, 20223 min read
What Really Happened at COP26
By Kaden Pradhan London, United Kingdom Special Committee of Global Leaders Boris Johnson: Right! Climate! The earth is hot! No more...
Apr 9, 20228 min read
The Presentation of Innocence in Ian McEwan’s Atonement and Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian
By Kaden Pradhan London, United Kingdom A common, recurring dichotomy within literature from all cultures and periods is the contrast...
Apr 2, 20222 min read
Will Smith’s Slap Dominates 2022 Oscars
By Emily Berliner New York City, New York On the Sunday of March 27th, the long-awaited 94th annual Academy Awards took place. Hosted by...
Feb 6, 20223 min read
The Raft of the Medusa and Its Modern Day Relevance
By Farrah Gowar London, United Kingdom The Raft of the Medusa (in French: Le Radeau de la Méduse), painted by Théodore Géricault in...
Nov 24, 20213 min read
Female Empowerment and Sexism in the Selection Series
By Aditi Shukla Gainesville, Florida The Selection, by Kiera Cass, is a five-book series that encompasses the journey of America Singer,...
Jun 27, 20213 min read
Putting a Classic Back on your Radar: Divergent by Veronica Roth
Last week, I was perusing a bookshelf at the back of an old, relatively unused classroom.
Jun 23, 20211 min read
The Haunting “What if?”: Review on Normal People by Sally Rooney
Life is funny. It makes us fall in love with whom we should not and when we should not, puts us in the place where we are not supposed to be
Apr 30, 20212 min read
Book Review: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
Reading Murakami is always a poignant, therapeutic journey, and his 2014 novel, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, is...
Apr 24, 202110 min read
In Conversation with NYC Street Photographer Jonathan Walker
Jonathan Walker is a photographer and poet living and working in New York City.
Mar 20, 20212 min read
NYCNext Wants to Rebuild the City’s Arts Culture
NYCNext is a new non-profit organization dedicated to rebuilding New York City arts culture and community post-pandemic.
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