This book made me feel exactly the way I felt as a child when someone first told me, on some late starry night, that every star I was looking at was just a ball of fire, and all of it had come from some mysterious quantum fluctuation called the Big Bang. It’s beautiful, it’s simple, and it’s as close to a miracle as you’re likely to get.
Amidst the conflict-ridden climate of the past year, Obama's memoir's emphasis on diplomacy and compromise serves as an implicit response to the tribalistic rhetoric of the Trump era.
"Death to 2020" is not groundbreaking, but it is still valuable in how satirical discussion can help us process deeply traumatic and unsettling events.
The Capitol break-in merged tyrannical ideals with the incitement of violence, two telltale qualities of an aspiring fascist demagogue. But how did Trumpian fascism establish itself in the minds of so many? The answer lies in understanding that fascism transcends politics. Fascism is a way of life — and at its core is its mythology.
When art is inherently tied to profit-making through the fashion industry, I wonder how a true diversity reckoning will occur. Does diversity need to be profitable for it to be truly instituted?
The acceptance of K-pop lessens the underlying stereotypes surrounding these artists and groups — promoting that these musicians are not just passable and “cool for an Asian,” but accepted and cherished for tremendous talent and hard work.
