Everybody knows what comes next when you see “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…” in all caps on screen. Since its debut in 1977, Star Wars has become a worldwide phenomenon: with subsequent films and TV series of the franchise regarded as staple events in geek culture. Its ever-growing fan base…
This article was last updated on May 28, 2022 and does not take into account events past that date. In the United States, it is a common practice to let flags fly at half-staff in the wake of national tragedies. As can be ordered by the President, flags above government buildings, schools, memorials, and military…
On June 23, the Supreme Court struck down a century-old New York gun law which prohibited the carrying of concealed firearms in public without a license. Second amendment and all that jazz. As was written in the court opinion, “We know of no other constitutional right that an individual may exercise only after demonstrating to…
With the pandemic somewhat over (fingers crossed the world manages to handle the Omnicron variant) and theatres doors reopening, moviegoers finally have something to look forward to in 2022. Numerous major releases from Warner Bros., Disney, and many more give plenty of reasons to head back to the big screen after more than a year…
Travis Scott’s annual ASTROWORLD festival this year was supposed to be a breath of fresh air: finally, 5th of November, a new excitement after months of lockdowns and isolation. With tickets sold out, over 50,000 people showed up with hopes for a day of fun and the anticipated headline performance by Scott himself. You may…
Introduction COP26, otherwise referred to as the 26th United Nations Climate Change conference, was postponed this year due to the pandemic. COP stands for the ‘Conference of the Parties’—the annual meeting of governments to discuss climate action, pledges or goals, and their respective national plans. This meeting marks the 26th time the Conference of the…
Solarpunk, similar to the likes of Cyberpunk, is an art movement that reimagines humanity in its own image. Both Cyberpunk and Solarpunk find ground in imagining the immediate future of humanity just a few short decades away from where we presently stand, but apart from the setting of time, the two quickly diverge away from…
UNVEILING WESTERN MEDIA PROPAGANDA The 11th of July marked the first day of the likely-astroturfed protests in Cuba. The people were in desperate need of help as COVID-19 cases soared and vaccination rollouts were delayed and slowed. The standard of living has plummeted significantly since the emergence of the pandemic, as Cuba’s tourism accounts for…
THE ENDLESS SCROLL “…I remember seeing that picture and realizing that photographs weren’t real. There’s no context, just the illusion that you’re showing a snapshot of a life, but life isn’t snapshots, it’s fluid. So photos are like fictions. I loved that about them. Everyone thinks photography is truth, but it’s just a very convincing…
As Casey Ho states on Twitter: “So a group of colonizers decided to culturally appropriate congee. Good lord.” A few months ago, I wrote an article on a white woman who reinvented and westernized mahjong, a traditional Chinese game, and gave no credit to its Asian heritage. This July, another white woman named Karen Taylor…
“Britney Spears, America’s most famous paradox in pink.” —Diane Sawyer in a 2003 Primetime interview with Britney Spears As of the 13th of August 2021, Jamie Spears has agreed to relinquish his position as Britney Spears’ conservator. This marks astounding progress to this heated legal battle between father and daughter, the issue initially gaining traction earlier…
by Anonymous “We can’t have our government officials exposed as sugar daddies!” is probably what the government thought when the infamous sugar-dating site, Sugarbook, published a list of the ‘Top 10 Sugarbaby Universities in Malaysia’ earlier in February this year. If Sugarbook could disseminate such a list, what else could they expose? The ‘Top Secret…