Content Warning: this article discusses sexual violence, prostitution, and drugs.
With a sordid trail of sexual assault, prostitution, drug distribution, hidden camera footage, tax evasion and police corruption, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) released a new documentary titled “Burning Sun: Exposing the Secret K-pop Chat Groups” about the 2019 scandal. The documentary revisited the complex case that revealed a dark...
In light of the recent political uproar of the 2024 election, video games arise as a form of community and female empowerment. Turning to video games as a form of comfort, a handful of women in the University of California, Riverside (UCR) and the Riverside community share their experiences in the gaming community.
The involvement of women in the gaming...
It has been a phenomenal year for music. Between Charli XCX’s “Brat” creating a whole summer trend and Kendrick Lamar’s up-beat diss-track “Not like Us” topping the charts, music fans of all genres are being spoiled.
Following the success of their massive moments, both Charli XCX and Kendrick Lamar have run victory laps around their competition, in the form of...
For students, the Thanksgiving holiday comes at a particularly hectic and unforgiving time. At the University of California, Riverside (UCR), the end of the fall quarter is rapidly approaching. With weeks eight through 10 being dedicated to coping with the impending doom of finals week, catching up on an entire quarter’s worth of studying (for some of us…), planning...
The tall task of portraying a timeless and well-revered artist such as Bob Dylan through a biopic is a grueling job for any actor. With the role teetering on the fine line between endless acclaim or meticulous scrutiny, it is a challenge that encapsulates risks and rewards. Many Dylan fans are eager to express their skepticism of anybody being...
In a world where comic book villains often serve as metaphors for real-world corruption, it’s a damning sign of the times that Wilson Fisk—a fictional crime lord who rose to political power by manipulating public fear—feels like the more stable option compared to the man currently occupying the White House.
President Donald J. Trump, now serving his second term, has...