by Sydni Williams | Nov 30, 2020 | Culture + Arts
8 years after her last release, singer-songwriter Fiona Apple released her 5th studio album “Fetch the Bolt Cutters” in April 2020. The 13-track alternative album has received tremendous praise for its unique style, vocals, and traumatic themes and it holds the second...
by Sydni Williams | Feb 4, 2020 | Culture + Arts
“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. And as she says it, the...
by Sydni Williams | Sep 30, 2019 | Culture + Arts, World
Even in the 21st century, the notorious Jewish stereotype survives on ignorance and the ever-present anti-semitism. In short, the stereotype is that all Jews have curly brown hair, a large hook nose, and lots of money. Sometimes these stereotypes include Orthodox...
by Sydni Williams | May 13, 2019 | Culture + Arts
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...
by Sydni Williams | Feb 25, 2019 | Culture + Arts, Opinion
Across the globe, women are harassed and assaulted everyday, simply because of their gender. Among the the United States, this is common knowledge. However, what our country fails to recognize are the detrimental effects in the aftermath of violence. Specifically, the...
