Dedicated to Frank Oz and Eric Jacobson. “It’s because I’m a pig isn’t it? … I did not get the nomination for best actress … can you honestly say I am not Oscar material? … In this male chauvinist, non pig world, did you ever think I even stood a...
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What I Learned From Seven Weeks Without My Headphones
I’ve always been the type of person to have a constant lull of music, always playing from something, somewhere. Music has found itself in every corner of my life, central and humming from the radios, the walls, the grasses. Navy blue nights covered in Johnny Cash,...
Vulnerability in the Time of Indifference
The kids are afraid of feeling. They, for whatever reason, have an aversion to showing any sign of caring, frustration, sadness, the like. In the minds of young people everywhere there is a block that has been developing and solidifying against the vulnerabilities of...
In Defense of Wendy Cope, Gary Soto, Roisin Kelly, etc.
Writers are dearly in love with oranges. They’ve found metaphors in bits and peels, even in stems that grow increasingly along the sides of trees that hang low to the reader, easily pickable. What I’ve seen, and continue to see, is that there’s something about oranges...
I Walked Through the Midnight Library and Saw the TV Glow
I was pretty active on Letterboxd last year. If you’re unfamiliar, Letterboxd is a social networking platform that allows people to rate, review, and catalog films. It pretty much functions exactly like Goodreads with a laughably bad search function to match....
In India, English Is Not Just A Language
My youngest brother, Adi, was yet again on his way to a corner store to buy some daily supplies for our home. Casually strolling down the street, a carry bag in his hands and his headphones plugged in, completely tuning out the world, he was stopped by a group of four...
Learning To Let Go
The air was light and filled with the smell of wild roses. Two teenage girls with small bindis on their forehead had the same pinkish hue on their cheeks as the roses they were picking. The cinematographer went closer to take a close-up shot of their faces. It...
5 Palestinian Films to Watch
Supporting Palestinian creatives and content about culture, creativity, and personal and political experiences is an important way to elevate their voices and share their stories.
Something Stinks with Dove’s New #freethepits Campaign
For a #freethepits ad campaign that claims to be about not judging armpits, there’s not a single bushy armpit in the bunch.
Kipo: Biraciality and Blackness
A look at how Kipo functions as a multiracial, Black and Asian character in Netflix Original Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts.
The Menu: Beautiful Presentation… But Lacks Substance
“Let them eat McDonalds” says director, Mark Mylod, with one of Searchlight Picture’s newest star-studded original films, The Menu.
Breaking The English Haiku Beyond Syllables
Haikus can be so much more meaningful when they are unbound from their syllabic structure
The Female Gaze According to JLO
Instead of examining and criticizing the roots of the gaze, the “I Luh Yuh Papi” music video tries to use irony to be feminist within the confines of patriarchal society.
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