Is Space Still the Place?: The Colonization of Imagined Spaces in Afrofuturism
Afrofuturism is a genre that combines ideas of space, technology, science fiction, and Blackness. Through the themes of technology and space, Afrofuturist art, literature, and thinkers conceive notions of the…
Shiv or be Shivved: Siobhan Roy’s Guide to the Corporate Man Club
With four incredible seasons of tears, trifles, and traumas coming to an end, there is much to unpack, but what I’ve spent much of the seasons thinking about is the…
All’s (Un)Fair in Love, War, and the World of Sports
The reality though, is that sports is so male-dominated that women are constantly being left out of the conversation, or not taken seriously enough when they do find themselves taking…
People Over Profit: The UC Divest Coalition
“The coalition’s work is based on the maxim “work local, think global.” The group’s global mission — societal liberation from systems of oppression — is understood in a local context.…
Profit Over People: UC Investments
Endowments for schools like UCLA are, in the long run, only growing — but their spending has not kept pace, showing that those in charge of the UC(LA) endowment(s) overvalue…
The Paradox of Escapism
“America’s Next Top Model" might make me momentarily forget about my misfortunes, but [it] is cheap, it is exploitation, it is the dumpster fire that makes me forget about my…
