Swift Musings
Swift Musings: “Revenge of the Nerds, or saving Geek Culture from itself”
Nathan Swift -
Nerd culture has seen a rise in popularity in the last few years. Thanks to a combination of things such as the availability and knowledge of the Internet and changing social attitudes about personal niches (for example, people now look down upon a high school jock who gives a nerd a wedgie for playing “Magic: The Gathering”), it’s now...
Swift Musings
Swift Musings: Why you should emotionally detach yourself from the sale of Minecraft
Nathan Swift -
Imagine waking up one morning, reading the latests posts on the Internet, and seeing this as a major headline: “Microsoft buys Minecraft for two and a half billion dollars.” Assuming that you’re a Minecraft fan, you take to Facebook or Twitter to vent your anger at Markus Persson for committing the crime of selling out your childhood, and about...
Taylor Swift’s remix of her song “Karma,” featuring Ice Spice, was the most anticipated track on the new deluxe edition of her “Midnights” album, titled “Midnights: Til Dawn.” The song was released on May 26 along with an official music video that featured the increasingly popular rapper. Swift revealed the new tracks and deluxe album two days prior via...
Swift Musings
Racist backlash against Black actresses — this is still happening in 2024
Ramita Setty -
When it was announced that Tom Holland was starring in London’s West End adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet,” produced by The Jamie Lloyd Company, as the titular Romeo, fans were ecstatic. Although Holland was the only one that had been cast so far, tickets sold out in a matter of hours. At that point, it was obvious that this...