Picture this. You are walking down 135th street in Harlem. On your right, you spot a park in the distance. As you walk closer, you can hear a basketball bouncing and kids yelling. It’s a small, outdoor court, well-maintained with fresh paint and a sturdy chain-link fence surrounding it. The game is intense, with everyone […]
Black performers are rarely able to tell their stories onstage in a powerful and authentic way. There are various reasons for this, such as who is writing the stories, who is directing the stories, and which stories are mainstreamed. In the 2018-19 season of New York City theater, Black performers occupied 29% of all available […]
LGTQ+ VS Bisexuals “You’re in your straight era.”“You’re in your gay era.”“If you had to choose only men or women for the rest of your life, what would you choose?” These are all common phrases people around me have told or asked me. Ever since I’ve come out as bisexual, people have always assumed I’m […]
“Powerful groups inevitably create social and cultural systems that legitimate their own class advantage” mitchell stevens, Creating a class, p. 11 In no place is this more evident than college admissions. While powerful upper class groups are constantly legitimated by the higher education system, members of poor classes that lack the knowledge necessary to be […]
Tinder is the most popular dating app in the world, with 7.8 million Americans who are active monthly users (Verto Analytics 2019). The interface of this app provides a range of profiles that can either be swiped right to show disinterest or swiped left to demonstrate attraction. When two people swipe left on each other, […]
Tattoo Sleeve Collection: I was always told that the perfect Christian didn’t defile their body, because they belonged to God and were made in their image. While deconstructing my faith, I quickly realized that tattoos weren’t inherently immoral. For me, tattooing represented a transition away from an ascribed Christian identity towards regaining agency over my […]
By Bennett Hauck Of the 147,071 people currently in the United States federal prisons system, 146,825 are men, and 10,838 are women. 65,895 of the 147,071 are imprisoned due to drug offenses, which include possessing, manufacturing, or selling illegal substances (Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2023). These men and women are imprisoned as a punishment, not […]
Less than two decades ago, the eye-opening television show Brat Camp aired in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and in the United States, exposing audiences to wilderness therapy as a way to help troubled teens. Filmed at Redcliff Ascent in Utah, the show highlighted the stories of kids who struggled with issues such as drug […]
Since 1896 at the Olympic Games in Athens, the tradition of marathons has spread globally to cities such as Tokyo, Boston, London, Chicago, Berlin, and New York. About 1.1 million people worldwide participate in marathons yearly (Sayer, 2022). Marathon running has increased from 25,000 runners in 1976 to 2 million in 2010 (Burkule, 2016). Boston […]
I was born with a progressive hearing loss. My hearing did not worsen until after most of my speech had developed, so I speak with no impediments. Therefore, I am privileged in my experience with this disability. This has been a double-edged sword. While it is indisputable that deafness is a disability, when it isn’t […]
