Tag: Media Analysis
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Cinema Is Losing Its Color
Edited by Boyana Nikolova and Adriana Peña Franco Cover Photo by Rodz Oporto Watch any movie released in the past five years. Now try to remember what you saw. You might remember if the movie had a distinct visual identity or a story that surprised you. But probably, you won’t. The problem starts before the…
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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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Mo: What Television Finally Got Right
Edited by Cade Kuznia and Boyana Nikolova Cover Photo by Mehek Saini In 2023, an asylum seeker in the U.S. waited over two years before being granted permission to work. Throughout those two years, she survived on borrowed money and avoided various systems, like the healthcare system, for fear of deportation and high costs. Every…
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Who Gets to Be Exceptional?
Edited by Sam Le Cover Photo by Mehek Saini On January 4, Timothee Chalamet accepted the award for Best Actor at the 2026 Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. Because Critics’ Choice winners often shape Oscar momentum, the ceremony plays a major role in determining which performances are seen as legitimate Oscar contenders for the rest of…
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AI and Exploitation: Hating Drake Does Make You Deep
Edited by Boyana Nikolova and Alexander Mounsey While casually scrolling on Instagram, I came across a post from @champagnepapi—better known as Drake. The collection of photos included a shirt that read “Hating Drake Doesn’t Make You Deep.” As someone who closely followed the battle of Kendrick versus Drake, I was shocked to see the number…