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Rediscovering Taylor Swift’s “reputation”

Album Review, Music, Op Ed, ReviewsBy Chloe LingApril 29, 2023

On November 10th, 2017, Taylor Swift released an album like nothing the world had heard from her before. A far cry from her clean-cut country days, reputation was enigmatic, glittering, and expansive. On the album’s lead single, “Look What You Made Me Do”, Swift leaves us an unapologetic voicemail: “I’m sorry, the old Taylor can’t…

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Digital Streaming Has Environmental Costs

Earth Day, Features, Music, Op EdBy Ella JohnsonApril 22, 2023

The ability to play music anytime, anywhere at the tips of your fingers. I mean…who’s complaining about that?  In today’s age, the digital world has expanded tremendously, especially as it’s evolved into the primary mode for media consumption. Digital music streaming services have grown exponentially over the past few years, and account for about 80%…

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Dispatches from the Dorm

Features, Interviews, Op EdBy Anna WorgallFebruary 18, 2022Leave a comment

If home is where the heart is, I’ve left that beating organ of mine in the second shower stall of a bathroom I refuse to be barefoot in.

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Licorice Pizza: Predatory Double Standard or Endearing Friendship?

Film & TV, Op EdBy Maddie DinowitzJanuary 27, 2022Leave a comment

If it weren’t for a deep dive through angry Twitter threads full of complaints about the subtly disturbing age difference between the protagonists of Licorice Pizza, I wouldn’t have entered the theater with so much hesitation.

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AAPI Action: East Asian Fetishization

AAPI Month, Features, International, Op EdBy Digital Press ManagerMay 29, 2021Leave a comment

There’s the hypersexual and cunning type who probably knows some form of martial arts – the “Dragon Lady” trope. Then, on the flip side, there is the submissive and innocent type, who needs a more powerful (often white) man to tell her what to do – the “Lotus Blossom” or “China Doll” trope.

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Girls Don’t Like: Basketball

Features, Girls Don't Like, Op Ed, Series, SportsBy Maddie DinowitzMay 25, 20211 Comment

Despite the few pickup rounds of HORSE I played with my brother circa 2008 and my limited knowledge of Devin Booker and Kendall Jenner’s five minute relationship, my grasp on the game of basketball is scant. I’ve always been attracted to the sport, but I could never put my finger on why it seemed so…

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Home Country Spotlight: Mexico

Features, Home Country Spotlight, International, Op Ed, SeriesBy Eleonor PalabricaMay 25, 2021Leave a comment

My mother never liked talking about her childhood. I grew up thinking she was from Los Reyes, Michoacan, Mexico; when I started writing this piece, I learned this was a lie. My mother is actually from Los Pallilos, Michoacan, in other words, el rancho. She describes this place as simple, a simple town with simple…

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Girls Don’t Like: Songwriting

Features, Girls Don't Like, Music, Op Ed, SeriesBy Katrina WeissmanMay 20, 2021Leave a comment

Music and songwriting are crucial pieces of my identity, but as a woman I have begun to feel out of place in the music world.  Music did not always feel so gendered. In elementary school, writing songs felt natural; a childish burst of creativity stemming from the same place as the urge to throw mud…

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AAPI Action: Myanmar Coup & Protests

AAPI Month, Features, International, Op EdBy Michelle LeMay 19, 2021Leave a comment

As we enter Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, it is imperative that we turn our eyes to Myanmar and what they have been facing for months now. As we take this month to celebrate and educate ourselves about the histories and narratives of AAPI communities, we must act in solidarity with Myanmar…

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Girls Don’t Like: Sneakers

Fashion, Features, Girls Don't Like, Op Ed, SeriesBy Eleonor PalabricaMay 19, 2021Leave a comment

When I was ten years old, I started noticing the shoes boys wore in my class. They wore a mixture of Jordan 3s and 4s and I was envious. I rushed home to ask my dad to buy me a pair, but he refused, claiming they were a boy’s shoe and didn’t suit me. So…

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AAPI Action: St. Louis World Fair of 1904

AAPI Month, Features, International, Op EdBy Eleonor PalabricaMay 17, 2021Leave a comment

My childhood dog’s name was Midnight. I adored her and would show her off to everyone in sight, but that soon changed when someone told me, “You should hide your dog from your dad, or he’ll eat it.” I did not understand what they meant by that until the comments continued. “Oh, you’re Filipino. You…

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Eight people dressed in silk and gold jewelry lounge in front of the backdrop of opulent palace walls. One figure in the center is walking a leopard on a leash.

AAPI Action: Orientalism

AAPI Month, Features, International, Op EdBy Mia FongMay 14, 2021Leave a comment

When Disney’s Aladdin premiered in 1992, its opening theme, “Arabian Nights”, sang softly of a “far away place” that is “barbaric – but hey it’s home.” In these lines, the American audience is removed from the comforts of their movie theaters or suburban homes and immersed into a foreign, rugged land characterized by savagery. For…

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Home Town Spotlight: Oceanside, California

Features, Home Town Spotlight, Op Ed, SeriesBy Kylee WiensMay 12, 20216 Comments

Memories of my childhood feel sweet and hazy. I recall going to the beach for hours on end, collecting seashells and building flimsy sandcastles. I think of my neighborhood friends with whom I’d create elaborate fictional universes, all of us acting as characters in the quiet corners of our cul de sac. I remember the…

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Home Country Spotlight: Taiwan

Features, International, Op EdBy Mia FongMay 12, 20212 Comments

I love being Taiwanese. But I am exhausted by it. I want my existence to be known, not debated.

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That’s Not What I Meant by Rock’n Roll High School

Featured, Features, Music, Op EdBy Sonja StottApril 15, 2021Leave a comment

Photo of Lori Mattix (Right) and Sable Starr (Left) with Dave Hill of Slade by Michael Ochs Archives from Getty Images After the release of Leaving Neverland and Surviving R. Kelly, the downfall of Burger Records and affiliated bands, and most recently Marilyn Manson getting dropped from his label, it appears sexual abuse is finally…

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