NBC New York posted a video in February of a heated exchange between a transgender rights activist and two women. The women were accused of…
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Documentaries have become an integral part of the entertainment industry. Traditionally, people viewed documentaries as the homework equivalent of the film industry, watching them to…
Talking about undergraduate study creates a unique brand of internal awkwardness: once you know that a person uses she/her pronouns, how do you refer to…
Women make up 51% of the US population but only 34% of the speaking characters on screen. When women are represented on screen in film,…
The new Godspeed You! Black Emperor album, “G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END,” starts as might be expected for any longtime GY!BE fans: all droning, all…
The world we live in is overwhelming. We are constantly bombarded with bad news — headline after headline, day after day. As students, it is…
It has been a little over a year since video game publisher Activision released the first free-to-download game in an iconic franchise: “Call of Duty:…
Ludwig Ahgren’s Twitch “subathon” livestream started on Mar. 14 — and it just kept going. Over 280 hours later, he was the second most subscribed…
A little over a year ago, I penned an article dubbed “Entertainment in the streaming age.” Though it started out as a decent fluff piece…
Musicians faced a conundrum last year – how could their performance art carry on safely amidst a global pandemic? Some artists remained on standby while…
The convergence of incoming stimulus checks, tax returns, the changing seasons and the possible lifting of activity and travel restrictions over the next several months…
Amid the ongoing debate about whether or not cultural awareness periods should even exist, public institutions, including the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, face an…
College students typically enjoy a variety of activities during spring break — the choice between catching up on sleep, visiting family and traveling can be…
The Amazon-owned streaming site Twitch is changing. But this change is not the kind of gradual evolution that occurs over the lifetime of any platform.…
In 2021, most adult Americans have personal cameras that fit in their pockets, built into devices which are not even named after this photo-taking function.…
Last Monday, French electronic-house supergroup Daft Punk announced their departure from music-making with a YouTube video titled simply, “Daft Punk – Epilogue.” The video itself,…