By Esti Klein “An FP (Favorite Person) is someone to whom a person with borderline personality disorder (BPD) forms a strong attachment. People with BPD fear abandonment, and the anxiety this causes can be highly stressful. An FP may help provide…
Capitalism’s Humiliation Kink: Why Capitalists Love Anti-Capitalist Art
By Nico Valenzuela As an idealistic teen, I believed art had the power to change the world. Like many young people coming into political consciousness, I was blown away by the politically subversive ideas I encountered in countercultural media, like…
I’ll Be a Nerd, Always and Forever
By Kayla Flowers In the first grade, I was far from an environmental or evolutionary nerd, but I begged my parents for a Jane Goodall Halloween costume. I developed a deep fascination with primatology through the books my family owned.…
A Family Inheritance: New York City and Cosmopolitanism
By Catherine Kenny It is 9:00 on a Monday night, and after a day of three classes, work, and the ever-impending doom of finals on the horizon, all I can think about is what to have for dinner. I cautiously…
Hollywood’s Illusion of Inclusivity: The Minority Sidekick Cliché
By Zora Kings In the world of Hollywood cinema, tropes are the unsung stars of the show. These recurring themes shape our favorite films and TV series, from lovable romances to chilling horrors. While some tropes are considered classics, such…
Scraping at Oxford
By Lex Garcia Of course the main problem with the nightclub was not the music, not the smell, not the pissy bouncer, all of which were annoyances; no, the main issue was the people. These were not the people one…
A hundred years of movies: Where did faith-based films go?
by Rosanna Herrera The film industry was in a messy predicament this past year. Two major union strikes that lasted over a hundred days each halted production and press tours– disrupting box office expectations for 2023. Despite the majority of…
Bro… Please Don’t Worry About Me
By Emily Sorkin I had skipped my morning Prozac one December morning before college admissions came out. This was a different December for me, it was the last December I would fully spend at home before moving to university, wherever…
The Concrete Jungle’s Playground: Our Journey with Soccer in New York City
By Omar Ali and Mohamed Eleish In the midst of New York City’s towering skyscrapers and bustling streets, it’s hard to imagine how this urban landscape could birth our love for the beautiful game of soccer – a game of…
Sportsball
By Madden I cannot stop thinking about the word “sportsball.” It’s a product of a certain millennial, semi-ironic, Tumblr-turned-Twitter quirk — the same subculture (if you can call it that) that brought us “I can’t even” and “ROFL.” That alone…