Nina Miller

Dear Trump Supporter who says they love me,

Hi.

Science Fiction Frames: The Repository

Stargate SG-1’s most awe-inspiring technology isn’t…

I love you so much for typing this.

The Whitewashing of In the Heights

This is a good, thoughtful piece by Alex Tuchi regarding Xavier College Prep putting on a primarily…

I Don’t Want My Friends To Die

I don’t want my friends to die.

I don’t want to wake up and see a name I know memorialized with a hashtag. I don’t want to see a video of my friend getting executed. I don’t want to see that video on every social media platform and every news channel…

KILLS

What kills me is people who can barely suffer the supreme indignity of a Starbucks barista getting their name wrong without having a fit or ranting on social media lecturing me on how I should be able to be calm and comply with raging cops who see me as the enemy and instantly act on leveraging their power over me …

A lot of new technology, whether intended as a moonshot or not, seems impractical at first. That’s probably even more true of technology that’s been shoved into sneakers. From cushioning (Nike Air, Reebok Hexalite, Adidas Boost, Asics Gel, Converse React Juice) to customizing fit (Reebok’s Pump, Nike’s Air Pressure, Puma’s Disc system), sneaker tech…

The happiest place on earth

September 21–23, 2015

One of the things we had told the girls during Atticus’ treatment, was that once he was better we would get a Make a Wish trip to Disneyland. They were obviously still worried and scared, but we always talked positively about his…

To the 4 white male policemen who beat me for checking the health of a sick black man in their custody…

You may or may not know that the incidence and relapse rates of schizophrenia in African-Caribbean males in Western countries has been reported as being…