Raven YamamotoGreed, the root of all evil: depictions of class struggle in Parasite (2019)A film outrageous enough to be perceived as pure entertainment but jarring enough to urge you towards the allegory hidden in its…Nov 19, 2019Nov 19, 2019
Raven YamamotoinOh Joan You Didion’t: LMU. Literary. Journalism.From Addict to Ace: A Legacy Left by Anthony BourdainHaving known a little about Anthony Bourdain prior, I found Anna’s blog post describing her thought process in picking him for her…Oct 16, 2019Oct 16, 2019
Raven YamamotoinOh Joan You Didion’t: LMU. Literary. Journalism.how james baldwin proved that “the impossible is the least that one can demand.” (blog post #4)James Baldwin was an American writer and activist in the ’50s. While Baldwin is best known for his theory-driven works, he was also known…Oct 16, 2019Oct 16, 2019
Raven YamamotoinOh Joan You Didion’t: LMU. Literary. Journalism.hot takes with hasan minhaj: being lighthearted in dark times. (blog #5)In reading Vanity Fair’s article on comedy sensation Hasan Minhaj, “Hasan Minhaj Goes Into the Lion’s Den,” I was happily surprised to…Oct 10, 2019Oct 10, 2019
Raven YamamotoinOh Joan You Didion’t: LMU. Literary. Journalism.“The Global Citizen:” 21-year old influencer Ciara Freeman talks travel.There are not many college students that have seen the places Ciara Freeman has seen. A confirmed travel junkie, Freeman has been to…Oct 9, 2019Oct 9, 2019
Raven YamamotoinOh Joan You Didion’t: LMU. Literary. Journalism.“Seeing everything in quotation marks:” the paradox of Sontag’s ‘Notes on Camp’“Notes on Camp” is an essay suspended in time while somehow still transcending it. Journalistically, references to actors like James Dean…Sep 27, 2019Sep 27, 2019
Raven YamamotoinOh Joan You Didion’t: LMU. Literary. Journalism.Blog Post #1When Joan Didion said “we tell ourselves stories in order to live,” I’m afraid that she couldn’t have been more right.Sep 13, 2019Sep 13, 2019
