Tag: Culture
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Perfectly Imperfect: Reflecting on Representation for Black Women
Edited by Dwaraka and Boyana Nikolova Cover Photo by Mehek Saini A statistic shared by The Representation Project reveals that in 2023, 60% of Black women reported feeling misrepresented in media. However, The Representation Project also mentioned that the number of “Black women characters in popular films nearly doubled in the last decade, up to…
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Is Rap Returning to Its Roots?
Edited by Sam Le and Ivanka Nkwanzi Cover Photo by Mehek Saini October 25, 2025, marked the first time since 1990 that there were no rap songs in the Billboard Hot 100’s top forty. This occurrence sparked conversation about the current state of rap, with many pointing to this as evidence of the genre’s fall…
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Wellness Culture is a Reflection of Our Inequalities
Edited by Boyana Nikolova and Malaya Morris Historical Foundation Picture this: In Ancient Greece, as enslaved people worked from sunrise to sundown, and women were prohibited from taking part in sports, aristocrats spent their free time in the gymnasiums. There, they exercised, socialised, and engaged in intellectual pursuits. These daily activities were considered an indicator…
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High Fashion Meets Heart
Edited by Travis Denson and Ivanka Nkwanzi Cover Photo by Rodz Oporto The Influencer Nobody Took Seriously If you had told me four years ago that I would personally declare that Addison Rae would release one of, if not the best albums of this year, nay, decade, I would have actually laughed in your face…