A Letter to My Teenage Sister: On the Challenge of Loving Freely While Black
"It is hard not to internalize these messages, try hard as one might."
Reflections on Cosplaying at New York Comic Con 2019
I remember the first time I saw them. They were sauntering around Harold Square with their bubblegum pink hair, white patent leather platform boots, and slim-fitting nurses outfits. As a recent transplant to New York City at the time, I had no idea why these two people were dressed as such. Maybe they were...
Cannabis Culture and Hypocrisy in the U.K.
Remarkable only because it’s officially prohibited at some level or another...
Lauren's Song
Decades ago, the Berklee College of Music in Boston [https://www.berklee.edu/] was commonly known as “the Jazz School” or some other iteration of a Jazz Institute. More recently, it has been a haven for serious students of all styles – Pop, Rock, Fusion, Funk, Hip Hop and every imaginable kind of Latin Music inflection....
Maya Mercer: Transcending Tarnished Innocence
Art has always been a way for people to express the need for social justice. Maya Mercer [https://www.instagram.com/mayamercer.studio/?hl=en] uses her artistic abilities to help one group in particular–the teenagers wrought by class struggle in her rural neighborhood. Often left ignored, Mercer employs art to demonstrate their innocence...
/r/JUUL or /r/QuitingJUUL: How Subreddits Foster Communication for Addiction Issues
The public image of vaping has taken hard hits in recent months. This summer marked the rise of vaping-related illnesses and even deaths, bringing this, still fairly new, recreational activity and its practitioners under public scrutiny. Calls for increased legislation and crackdown on underage vaping in communities all over the country even caused President...
Putting for Hemp - Jack Herer Celebrity Golf Tournament
Jack Herer Foundation continues work for universal education about hemp and its multitude of uses.
Rethinking Animals: From Animal Trafficking to Global Security
The mission of the summit is to emphasize the sentience of animals and the implications for how the industry should be reformed.
Gold Doesn't Sparkle As Bright These Days
As Jeff Bezos becomes the richest man in modern history, a rapidly increasing awareness of what capitalism has done to the planet comes too.
NYC Climate Week: Carbon Removal Technology - The Pathway to Reaching Net-Zero
Manhattan is engulfed in an environmental frenzy, as people from all over the globe have...
Beyond “Africapitalism": Sustainability and Tech in Africa
In 2011, Tony Elumelu, founder of the Nigeria-based United Bank for Africa, introduced the concept of “Africapitalism.” Offered as a solution to “save the continent,” [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/12/africa-africapitalism-tony-elumelu] Africapitalism maintains that it is possible, in fact necessary, for African entrepreneurs to develop the continent’s...
Last Day of the "Rethinking Animals" Summit
It is the last day of the “Rethinking Animals” Summit, and leaving behind the early Sunday sun for the cool dark of the SVA Theatre lobby, I already feel as if things have gotten serious.
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