I’ll Make a Man Out of You: Representation Issues in Mulan

Let’s get down to business: Disney is a brand that prides itself on pure family entertainment, when in actuality it contributes to an industry that perpetuates a culture of racial stereotyping and gender inequality. One of the…

Why Now? The Importance of Traveling While Young

Being an adult sucks. That’s why. Plain and simple.

Life is hard, and unfortunately we live in a world today in which we have to work extremely hard and dedicate a large majority of our time to making money in order to…

Post 1: From Atheist to Agnostic

I have many questions about religion, faith, and spirituality. I have considered myself an atheist for as long as I can remember, but lately have had certain experiences that I regard as spiritual, and therefore pointing to a world or dimension that is a higher power. The…

LGBTQ and the Media

If you’ve ever been on Tumblr you may have come across the fandom community. You know, the side of Tumblr that obsesses over shows, movies, actors and anything and everything that has to do with those topics. You’ll also notice that within that community, there is a huge affluent LGBTQ…

Finding Meaning in the Rickstaverse

Rick and Morty is undeniably one of the best shows currently on television, and that’s with only two seasons under its belt as of this post. Part of what makes it so successful is how well it resonates with audiences, particularly millennials. Our generation has…

Behind the Scenes: Hollywood’s Inclusivity Issue

If Hollywood’s inclusivity problem followed the typical three-act arc of a film or TV show, the resolution would be a world that has achieved a status where entertainment is representative of today’s societal context, issues, and demographic…

Post 2: Religion and Secularism

I went to a Catholic high school for four years and my graduating class had the largest number of atheists compared to any other class during our time there. This school made my distaste for organized religion peak. There were, besides the atheists, a majority of students…

Black Beyond Borders

“It’s better to see something once than to hear about it a thousand times.”

“Travel is the one thing you can buy that makes you richer.”

“You don’t see the most beautiful things in the world. You feel them.”

Alternate Interpretations of Pop Culture Works and Their Implications

Resistant reading, which is a technique designed to question and even go against a particular text or work, has for most of its history been a technique used only by scholars. Paul Sherman poetically questions…

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