Based on Becky Albertalli’s Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda and released on February 27th, 2018, Love Simon follows a gay high school senior who falls for his online penpal. Excepting the gay part, this may seem like the plot of every romance movie ever, but that is how it should be seen. Members of … Continue reading
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A Girl of Color’s Today: Grown-ish
Spoiler Alert Grown-ish is the show of the moment– or at least it is among all of the girls of color I hang out with. Everyone has an opinion on Aaron’s rat tail or how Luca wears his locks “artistically.” I even had an entire group chat devoted to discussing Zoey’s boy choices in the … Continue reading
Freedom vs. Economics: Understanding Net Neutrality
In 2015, millions of American people fought for and won the rules to maintain and protect the freedom of the internet. However, on December 14, 2017, the Republican majority of the Federal Communications Commission approved of Chairman Ajit Pai’s plan to roll back net neutrality. Net neutrality is the principle that Internet service providers must … Continue reading
“I’m Not the Only One”: Sam Smith’s Gender Identity and the LGBTQ+ Community
When I checked my phone this October 23rd, I was overjoyed: Sam Smith had come out as non-binary. This was important to me, as well as undoubtedly countless others, because as a part of the LGBT+ community, the media does not always make it easy to identify positive role models — silencing our narratives while perpetuating … Continue reading
Talk About Sexual Assault
“In my generation, what these girls are going through was never considered assault,” Judith said. “It was considered, ‘I was stupid and I got embarrassed.’” NY Times Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/22/us/campus-sex-assault-mothers.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur In recent days, sexual assault has been a trending topic in the media, with Harvey Weinstein, #metoo, and more front and center of all discussions. I … Continue reading
End Whitewashing in Hollywood
Whitewashing: ‘Is your lead a minority? Well, good news! We have a white person on call to be cast as their role.’ Whitewashing within Hollywood is not new. In fact, it has been going on for a long time now. Starting almost as early as the films in the 20th century, white actors would play … Continue reading
How Our Society Perpetuates Rape Culture
“No means yes, yes means anal.” And then they laugh. Because it is a joke. And jokes are funny. I feel the urge to laugh too; they’re laughing, shouldn’t I? But that’s the thing— it’s not funny. It shouldn’t be a joke, and yet, our culture, our society, we have made it one. From the … Continue reading
