Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Most kids consider it a break from school, but I see it as showtime. Growing up I was a dancer. Every week it was endless work. Nonstop training. 15+ hours of dancing. Constant repetition of routines, over and over again until it reaches “perfection”. Most weekends were
We now live in an age where information is key to the structures in our lives. For many of the older generational cohorts, this shift in information gathering and delivery may seem like a whirlwind of technological and communication growth. For those in the newer generational cohorts starting from Generation
The term ‘forgery’ is usually tied to the notion of replication, or creating copies of something so perfect that they are indistinguishable from the original. It is a concept often associated with the illegal printing of money or with copying signatures, and when it is applied to the art world,
For decades, the country of Myanmar (Burma) has been engaged in periods of civil war and political unrest. The socialist coup that took over in 1962 plunged the country into a period of government oversight and political censorship that is still in play today. While this time of rule in
On February 14th, 2018, 17 people were killed in a school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Among those 17 victims was 14-year-old freshman student named Jaime Guttenberg. Jaime has been described by loved ones as a smart, outgoing, and bubbly young girl who had a world of potential
While many celebrities expressed their support for the reprisal of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement that swept the nation last summer, one artist’s reaction to the protests struck me with surprise. In late May, following the death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers, The 1975’s lead
I think it is safe to say that most fans of the NFL despise the Patriots for their unmatched superiority over the past two decades. They are like the New York Yankees of football, always good every year, always have the best players in the league, and it seems like
The life of a consumer has evolved in so many ways over the last century and has taken on many forms and has had many purposes. One could consume out of necessity, out of an abundance of wealth, out of the urge to prove something. It is obvious though, that
Many consider the 60s-80s to be the golden age of modern music. During this time, bands like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and The Beatles came to the spotlight around the world. Also during this time (and likely correlated with the music), counterculture movements were popping up around the United States.
The first time I had heard of someone identifying as a race or ethnicity that they were not born with was in 2017 on a little blue bird app called Twitter. Someone had uploaded a video of a man with white skin and blue eyes and very evidently not Filipino