Entertainment
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February 18, 2022
4 Books by Black Authors You Should Read
Representation matters. What we read, who we see on the big screen, and the voices we listen to shape who…
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February 5, 2022
Casual Posting on Instagram Isn’t Actually Casual
In recent years, the Instagram community has collectively decided to reject this formal style and instead attempt to return to…
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January 27, 2022
The Exploitation of “Kidfluencers”
The use of children as fodder for content on social media sites is an incredibly complex issue that can be…
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January 27, 2022
The Spectacle of “Selling Sunset”
The “Selling Sunset” realm is composed of a class which gets to claim immunity to the economic implications of COVID…
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January 11, 2022
Respectability Politics in the Music Industry
The music sphere is so much more than the sparkles and glamour that it attempts to convey in the media.…
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November 23, 2021
Stigma Around Female Rappers
The stigma surrounding women in the music industry, particularly rap, is an indication of broader and extremely pervasive institutional sexism…While…
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November 23, 2021
Reality TV’s Obsession with Female Suffering
After a long day of work or school, the number one thing I want to do is escape from my…
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November 23, 2021
Gentrification in Thrifting
In the era of fast fashion, shopping second-hand should be the more ethical and sustainable choice, but what happens when…
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November 6, 2021
The De-Politicization of “Maid”
This outsourcing of “the second shift” is not as benign or innocuous a process as “Maid” would have you believe.
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I wish I could say that in the 15 years since “H2O” was released, the state of representation for Black…
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