Category: Essays
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Photo edited by Eunice AdeotiBanal Black History Month
As Black History Month comes to a close, I bitterly recall the first time I was ever profiled and followed in a convenience store. I was around 11 years old, visiting family in England, and it would be the first profiling of many. At first, it felt like a little game. I wasn’t sure why…
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We Have Only Made It Easier To Dehumanize Each Other
Do you work in the service sector? Have you considered turning your emotions off? As humans adapting to the immediacy of today’s world, we have grown more accustomed to the newer expectations of speed and efficiency with which we receive goods and services. What once began as a convenient way to make goods more accessible…
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Celebrities Do Not Belong to You, and It’s Not Soft For Them to Remind You
Rising star and musician Chappell Roan just released a string of poignant videos. She detailed her distaste and anger towards fans as someone new to fame, and how it is severely impacting her state of mind. She refused to hide her disgust towards so-called supporters and how they have interacted with her since. She explained…
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MEDIA, EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE.
We have no time to think, and it is a problem. Rapid media absorption is hurting us cognitively and psychologically because we are addicted to numbing our minds. This isn’t ground breaking news. We adapted to the perpetual consumption of media in our everyday lives. It’s so prevalent that you no longer register it when…
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The Live Streamer Who Was Openly Distributing Child Pornography and How This Sets a Dystopian Precedent.
“It’s only for business though,” said his girlfriend Max. Omar Aly, also known by his online moniker Riotlol, is a 20 year old streamer who soared in terms of popularity on the new streaming platform Kick. Supposedly an exit from the limiting confines of the established platform Twitch, Kick was founded by three Youtubers who…
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The Lazy Youth and Their Fruitless, Thankless Jobs.
No one should be this stressed out at a job that pays so little. This is what I think amidst my eight hour shift at my minimum wage job that leaves me with an ear-splitting migraine at the end of each day. Ironically enough, working an honourable job like this is a reminder of everything…