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Fiona Apple’s Return: Fetch the Bolt Cutters
November 30, 2020 No Comment

Fiona Apple's 5th studio album and its significance
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“Two in Four People are Jewish”
February 4, 2020 No Comment

“Two in four people in Brooklyn are Jewish”; that is not a definite fact, but it’s a figure of speech my grandmother claims to be true. She repeats this phrase as a hope, as a reminder, as a prayer, as if in some way saying it makes it true.
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LGBTQ+ History Month: Reflection and Review
October 7, 2019 No Comment

This month, October, is a national LGBTQ+ history month. This month is dedicated to reflecting and celebrating LGBTQ+ past. Celebrating LGBTQ+ history month that allows for the agony and disrcimination and trauma that the community has experienced.
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Health Effects of Artificial Sweeteners
September 23, 2019 No Comment

From waistline-reducing to carcinogenic, artificial sweeteners have worn many hats. In this article, I will attempt to dispel some myths about this name clouded by much fad and fear.
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Us vs Them: Does Human Nature Divide or Unite?
May 13, 2019 4 Comments

Everywhere in the world, people exhibit certain common patterns of behavior. We dub these patterns inherently human, and we recognize them as the bond which ties us together. Even so, these patterns can often be divisive and work against human togetherness. Take the human tendency to be tribal for instance. We may think of tribalism […]
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The Culture of Music
May 13, 2019 No Comment

When I was 7, in 2012, I bought the CD for Green Day’s Dookie. I saved up my 25 cent weekly allowance for months, and finally I was able to purchase the treasured music from Target, complete with a song packet and 12 inch poster. Besides my relatively odd taste in pop-punk music as a […]
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Let’s Talk about Earth Day
April 29, 2019 No Comment

Consistently falling on April 22nd, the annual event has been celebrated since 1970, and with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) beginning operations a little over seven months afterward (12/02/1970), this first Earth Day may have been the beginning of modern environmentalism. Back in the ‘70s, Earth Day was meant to increase awareness for oil spills, […]
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An Art Historical Analysis: Cordoba vs. Angkor Wat
April 29, 2019 No Comment

Constructed in 631 A.D. in southern Spain, the Great Mosque of Cordoba is an Islamic center for worship. Built in 1100 A.D. in Cambodia, the Angkor Wat is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu. Upon first glance, the two buildings cannot be any more different: one is Islamic, the other is Hindu; one is in […]
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Let’s Strive for Cultural Appreciation, Not Appropriation
April 22, 2019 No Comment

I recently watched a short documentary by Elle, a well-known fashion magazine. It came up in my feed, and some words in the headline attracted my attention: “Braids and Appropriation in America”. The thumbnail image was of a Kardashian wearing cornrows. I clicked on the video and learned that many members of this reality TV […]
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Alice de Rivera: Fighting the Gender Divide Fifty Years Ago
April 8, 2019 No Comment

Fifty years ago, Alice de Rivera, a thirteen-year-old girl from New York City, brought Stuyvesant High School to court and fought a case against educational sexual discrimination. In the year of 1969, the U.S. was in chaotic divide upon issues of war, gender, and race. Despite the 1954 Brown v. Topeka Board of Education Supreme […]
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