After looking back at two notable student movements in recent history in my last two pieces: The Affordability of Education and Campus Unrest Part 1, I want to conduct a thought experiment: How might different aspects of being a student influence one (or many) to take on the role of an activist? How do the identities […]
The 2018 midterm elections hit an all time high in terms of voter turnout. The New York Times had estimated that there would be a larger population of Democrats voting in comparison to Republican. However this stopped being about political parties quite a while back. The divide doesn’t lie just between the wealthy and working […]
If you were to ask our President he’d tell you it’s a scary time for young men in America. Apparently, being held responsible for your actions is scary. Women have always been held responsible- for their actions and the actions of others—while men have been dodging consequences. Donald Trump fears an American where that is no longer […]
Folk music has a reputation for being boring, droll, or sometimes, downright miserable. Strumming, acoustic banjo solo this. Heartbreak that. Insert metaphor about the Ancient Greeks that almost makes sense…here. While these might be conventions of the genre, it’s good to get away from the doom. And how do you do that? Go for […]
New York theatre fans let out a collective gasp of horror on October 24th, when the historic Drama Book Shop announced that it would be relocating in January 2019. Known for its friendly, knowledgeable staff and wide selection of play scripts, musical libretti, sheet music, and more, The Drama Book Shop is a popular […]
If you passed by any of the LinkNYC machines along Vernon Boulevard between 47th and 50th avenues on July 1st, 2018, you would have heard a slowed down version of the Mr. Softie jingle projecting from every speaker. When questioned about the ongoing incidents, representatives from LinkNYC reported that the system was not hacked from the […]
Technology engulfs our lives. Since the birth of the steam engine in the 1830s, we haven’t looked back. However, the excitement that marked the unprecedented profits brought on by the Industrial Revolution slowly transformed into unease about the future of manual labor. Today technology critics, economists, and policy makers alike are concerned with the […]
According to Ancestry.com, I am composed thus: Benin/Togo, 40% My grandmother went to Ghana and a woman touched her face and traced a path across her forehead and down her nose and back three hundred years. You’re from Mauritania, she said. I googled “people of Mauritania,” looking for my face, my mother’s face, some […]
You know what’s spookier than demons and goblins and witches? America’s lack of belief—in people of color, minorities, immigrants, and women. I came across an article assessing events related to the confirmation of Kavanaugh on the judicial court, “The Kavanaugh hearings have become a ‘witch hunt,’ where belief is all that matters.” In the article […]
In the last days of this past summer, I was walking in a pre-dusk yellow, surrounded by flowers. I wasn’t alone. I was with my queer mother, Camille, and one of my closest friends, F. Busy schedules and personal drama had finally given way to a respite of summer meandering. My queer mother bought us […]
