If you’ve ever read To Kill a Mockingbird, you likely have some strong opinions. The 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee is one of the most popular American novels of all time, as well as one of the most divisive and controversial. Many of us first read To Kill a Mockingbird in middle school […]

  Let’s get rid of Women’s History Month. It’s unnecessary and only furthers the marginalization of women. Instead of trying to shove every single contribution that women have made into a mere 31 days, we should be focusing on the achievements of women all year round. I believe that designating a single month to teach […]

  In a vacuum, the film Green Book is as innocuous as they come. It’s a “buddy movie.” You know the one. Opposites attract when immovable forces bring them together. Your heart will be warmed. It’s supposed to. A sense of amity will suffuse you. You might cry. That’s okay, it happens to the best. […]

  Vampire Weekend has been gone for awhile. A while, I say, as though it’s been more than half a decade… And that’s because it has. After six years they’re finally coming back with new music. However, today’s review isn’t concerned with that. Instead, we’re going to go back six years and see what all […]

The lemon tree outside my bedroom window bursts with canary yellow jewels. I sit in my room, phone camera in hand, observing energetic exchanges between the citrus blossoms and the hummingbirds. Two birds dart and hover next to a branch before dipping into a generous flower bud.  Together they weave intricate processes that give life […]

I have a strong relationship with my younger siblings. Partially because I had to raise them. Which is a common responsibility for an older child in an immigrant family, the health of our siblings. Moving to a foreign country can be overbearing, so you become the bridge and translator for your parents. It also converts […]

  I’m an Orthodox Jew. I’m also a feminist. Sometimes it’s hard to reconcile the two. I’ve walked a tightrope between these two parts of myself and, over the years, I’ve managed to perfect my balancing act. However, in recent months, members of the feminist community have made it difficult for me to proudly identify […]

I have been the coordinator of the grassroots student Participatory Budgeting process at Queens College (PBQC) since the fall of 2017. All of my knowledge of community organizing has come through doing work on the ground, and it all started with joining this student movement. When I started writing for QC Voices I struggled with […]

  A singular trait of theatre is its own ephemerality. Every performance is unique, never to be repeated again, only to be reported on and remembered by those who were there to witness it. The same goes for productions. All shows, regardless of their success, must eventually close (except The Phantom of the Opera, which […]

To celebrate Black History “What About White History Month” Month in the year 2019 of our Lady Beyoncé, Esquire magazine drafted a flaccid profile of the white American male and his harrowing transition from having all of the social, economic and political power to only having most of it. It’s February, the shortest month of […]