Pepe the Frog used to be a simple cartoon character; that is, it was that until it was stolen from the creator and started being used by the alt-right. Matt Furie is the artist and creator of Pepe the Frog; he created Pepe for the cartoon Boy’s Club in 2005.
I am a 4.0, honor student, delinquent. I volunteer my time with refugees, keep up a rigorous academic schedule, am on multiple executive boards for extracurricular activities at my school and I have a criminal record for petty theft. It all started back in middle school when me and my
“You have to decide as a child if you want to ‘pass’ into these spaces by wearing a false machismo or do you want to deal with the social consequences of being yourself.” This quote epitomizes the internal conflict children must face when negotiating their own individual self within the
More detailed than realism paintings, more intricate than gothic architecture, computer coding is art on the smallest scale comprehendible. Is it not art that humans have learned to control electrons—electrons—to do our will? Thanks to those negatively charged balls, the smallest freaking thing in the universe, I can have a
Twenty seven years ago, Barbara Carrasco was commissioned by the city of Los Angeles to create a mural for the city’s bicentennial celebration in 1981. She wanted create a work that really spoke from her heart, so drawing on her perspective as a Mexican-American woman, she set to work on
Do peace walls create a tranquil environment or a cordial divide? The ideas of creating a physical divide between those with contrasting beliefs for “peace” is anti-progressive. The first peace walls in Belfast, Ireland were built out of barricades that the local communities erected during the periods of intense rioting
Funerals have become more diverse in the ways people mourn the deceased and celebrate the lives of their lost loved one. In the ABC News Report, Alyssa Newcomb follows the unconventional funeral of Miriam Burbank and gives an example of the controversial practice of post mortem body posing. Miriam Burbank
“Cut niggas up, sector by sector/Next to her dead, first cousin and nephew/Next to her head, bloody intestines/Next to her bed, other intestines.” If you’ve ever heard of this lyric, or something similar to it, you’re probably listening to horrorcore, a subgenre of hip hop that focuses on horror filled
As you stand in line at the grocery store, cart laden with groceries, you pause and grab one of the many magazines decorating the checkout line. As you flip through the glossy pages, you may see ads or articles, maps, and photos, but what catches your eye are the beautiful
Are you committing a crime against art if you hate someone’s artwork solely because you dislike the artist as a person? Sean Vanaman, a game developer, recently received poor reviews on his game for that very reason. Firewatch, an indie game from Vanaman, is under hate after a controversial train