image credit: Jeremy Daniel Technology. It can be a scary word. Even as technology becomes more entrenched in modern life, many people minimize their interactions with it or even avoid it altogether. Digital technology is complicated and hard to understand, new and improved models are being released more quickly than we can consume them, and […]
Sneakers have always been popular. People wait hours on lines for new releases and interesting collaborations. They have always been part of streetwear and casual wear. This year, however, sneakers are becoming high fashion. I am not the only person who has discovered this ongoing and comfortable trend. In-style Magazine and even Vogue has noticed. […]
Abortion has always been a controversial issue for me because it contradicts my religious beliefs, and personal preferences. Up until high school, I was always that person on the debate team who was against abortion. I thought, how can you kill a child? But the beliefs I had back than have drastically altered over time […]
Word is out. Or rather, the lights are going out on many beloved queer night spots throughout Manhattan. For good. I remember the disbelief I felt when my friend and I were reminiscing on the year that had passed at The Hangar, a beloved predominantly Black and Latinx gay bar on Christopher St., this past […]
It’s been 9 years since Democrats have had a good election night. With the ballots from November 7th all counted, we can now finally reset that number back to zero. While I had presumed that Democrats would win several of the various races this year, I am genuinely surprised to see how strong the “Blue […]
On April 16, 1963 Martin Luther King sat in a Birmingham jail and wrote a letter. In it, he defended to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference his “untimely and unwise” present activities in the city of Birmingham, Alabama. Why Birmingham? “Because injustice is here,” he said. Why protest? “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice […]
I trekked briskly through the bustling New York City streets. My stomach sounded like a volcanic eruption as hunger gnawed at my insides. I met with a good friend and we resolved to create a list of food venues to visit, I urged her to do this as quickly as the volcanic eruption had started […]
This is the future. Self-driving cars are in development. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is considering a presidential run. There are more obese people in the world than malnourished people. Multiple Kardashian-Jenners are pregnant. Dramatic political and social developments are unfolding at every moment. And sometimes we need to step back and notice the little things […]
