opinion and essays

"According to Kneecap, the terrorism charge was an attempt at pure political censorship, and they have historical precedent to believe so. To fully understand Kneecap, their message, and the charge brought against them, one must consider the notion and function of ‘terrorism’ in Irish history and identity."

"Still, their victimhood does not absolve them from responsibility as perpetrators, profiting from harmful and misleading ideals. These two women create and share images that don’t just normalize the cultural and sexual subjugation of women, they make it seem desirable– they advance images of hegemonic femininity. "

"While very little changes about her appearance, Lorde undergoes a transformation through the video to embody masculinity in its simplest form. In doing so, she comments on the repressive nature of feminine ideals and the expansive reality of gender."

"Even if you aren’t concerned with having an expansive musical repertoire, insular media consumption habits still negatively impact you. If we are never confronted with things that are unfamiliar and take the time to make them familiar, the world will always seem daunting and confusing. Turning on the radio is an easy and exciting way to practice openness every day, combating the trend towards echo chambers that create and reinforce divisiveness. "

"Still, 90% off now! they exclaim, yearning for a time we won’t ever get. A moment of expansion and consumption so prolific and blissful it has been chiseled into the tablet of collective memory and embossed with gold foil."

"The increasingly disposable, impersonal nature of relationships is having detrimental, lasting effects on young peoples view of self and others. If we cannot be human in our relationships, then where can we be human?"

"I couldn't tell you about scripture or church, but I can tell you about the magnificence of water and how it connects us all. There's something all-knowing in water."

"Thanks to the “human nature” of discovery and innovation, we have Mountain Dew, solar power, and for better or for worse, the fucking internet."

"Newsflash! The reason you hate the idea of visibly aging is because some sickos in a board room realized that they could exploit people (women in particular) from yet another angle, not because you have an intrinsic need to look like a baby well into your old age."