By James Brischetta The hardest part of quarantine for me is being away from my friends and extended family. Luckily, we live in the age of technology, where their wonderful faces are mere clicks away. But Zoom calls and Facetimes can only run so long before they become tiresome. Over the past couple of weeks, […]
By Lauryn Andrews If you look closely, you’ll notice that we aren’t standing 6 feet apart. If, like me, you are at home for the foreseeable future due to the spread of COVID-19, you may be looking for an escape from the monotony of self-quarantine. Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which launched on March 20th, […]
By James Brischetta *NOTICE* This article discusses past and present seasons of the competition show RuPaul’s Drag Race and RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars. Spoilers ahead. The newest season of the Emmy Award-winning competition show RuPaul’s Drag Race premiered just a few weeks ago on February 28th. The show, for those who haven’t watched, goes […]
Warning, there are spoilers ahead! On the opening day of Jordan Peele’s sophomore project, I was expecting a beautiful, intellectual, and compelling work and I, of course, was not disappointed. The intricacies of the narrative, in addition to the stunning and disturbing cinematography, blew me away. I especially loved the overall social theme of the […]
I learned about Norma Klein last summer from an old book of articles that had been published in Bitch magazine. Apparently, this lifelong New Yorker’s young adult novels had inspired the curiosity of a generation of girls. Apparently, she didn’t hold back in her subject matter—divorce, sexual orientation, (premarital!) sex, affairs and unwanted pregnancy were […]
The Good Doctor recently wrapped up Season 2, and the show has been making waves for a lot of reasons. Of course, there’s the fact that the main character is Shaun Murphy (portrayed by Freddie Highmore), an autistic surgical resident with savant syndrome. Then, there’s the fact that the show seems to tackle a social […]
Barnard College kicked off Women’s History Month with the Athena Film Festival; the women’s college advertised the event as “a weekend of inspiring films that tell the extraordinary stories of fierce and fearless women leaders.” From February 28th until March 3rd, the Athena Center for Leadership Studies at Barnard and Women and Women and Hollywood, […]
While presenting at the 2018 Golden Globes, actress Natalie Portman called out the “all-male” nominees for the “Best Director” category, causing audiences on social media to commend her for drawing attention to the lack of female representation in the awards ceremony. In this year’s past Oscars, there were no women nominated in the categories for […]
I, Too by Langston Hughes I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I’ll be at the table When company comes. Nobody’ll dare Say to me, “Eat in the kitchen,” Then. Besides, They’ll see […]
The “thanks” in Thanksgiving is the extent of many people’s gratitude. We use the word when someone holds a door, provides a service, or shares a kind word. Our parents push this form of gratitude—involving words alone—onto us as children: “Say thank you!” As the habit becomes entrenched, the words become a pleasantry rather than […]
