Not a month went by in 2018 in which the words “cancel culture” weren’t brought up in some capacity. The term refers to a widespread internet phenomenon involving the exposure and boycott of a person (or piece of media) that has perpetrated some sort of unsavory act, often by sharing a questionable opinion or behaving problematically.
The most recent example...
The phrase “chivalry is dead” is often said to mean romance is dead, whereas the term chivalry has much darker, complex overtones than that. Chivalry is not a synonym for romance. In actuality, it refers to “the medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code.”
Out of this knight’s code, the genre of chivalric romance was born. This...
How-to advice on having a successful first year in college is oftentimes cookie-cutter and written by those who have not been in academia for years. The same advice is always given to these impressionable young adults: join a club, go to office hours, make friends with your hallmates and many others. However, all of this advice fails to encompass...
Unfortunately, every student in America has had an experience reading a racist or dated book in their English class. Books like “To Kill a Mockingbird,” which includes racist tropes and promotes harmful stereotypes of African Americans, are taught widely in high school classrooms. In both my AP English Literature class and my college introduction classes, I had to read...
While American society claims to be proud of its multicultural heritage, in reality it probably unnerves many Americans. Donald Trump's rise as the 45th United States president certainly highlights this clear inability to accept America's multicultural heritage and globalization. While nations like Japan and Germany are making successful strides to welcome cultural exchanges and educational sponsorships for other nation's...
While some people may think of the Titanic as a big ship splitting in half and killing many people, others think of Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as Jack and Rose in the extremely long film of the same name. So, it’s hard to believe that after 104 years there will be another Titanic.
That’s right. Clive Palmer, from...
Disney’s version of Netflix was recently released to the public in the form of Disney Plus. Disney Plus has nearly every Disney movie or television show ever put to screen all on one platform, though not all in their original forms. Movies like “Fantasia,” “Lady and the Tramp” and “Dumbo” will now contain edited versions of their racist scenes...
Scandal! Intrigue! Bagels! Aliens! All this and more from ya friendly ghost gurl here at UC Riverside. Yes, corporeal humans, I have the inside scoop on all the comings and goings on campus. Plus, I can read minds a little so keep thinking those disgusting thoughts about your art history professor! These thoughts are just fodder for this amazing...
I remember the scene on move-in day quite vividly. It was almost as if the sun's emergence harkened the apprehension and excitement that always came with moving away from family for school. Having had some experience with roommates already from the freshman dorms and a high school summer program, it felt like things would not be too terrible when...