In our day and age, it has become rather standard for young people to attend university in pursuit of a degree– almost 40% of young …
University Stress and Why We are not Addressing its Root Causes
Kendrick Lamar Makes History With First Pulitzer Prize Awarded to a Rapper
In late May of 2018, popular rapper Kendrick Lamar accepted the first-ever Pulitzer Prize for Music awarded to a hip-hop artist. Lamar’s well-deserved Pulitzer is …
New Platforms and New Artists: An Interview with singer Dayana
The steps towards stardom are seemingly incomparable today to what they have traditionally been. When it comes to accumulating a fan-base, cultivating an image, and …
New Forms of Film – Cinema is Alive and Kicking.
Films nowadays are garish, gory, or gross. At least, that’s what many who fear the “era of streaming” believe. Fewer people go to the cinema, …
The Magnificent Masculine and the Fruitful Feminine
“There is no masculine without feminine, no feminine without masculine.” We tend to understand the world through stark oppositions. Fire, water. Sun, moon. Right, wrong. …
Exploring the Success and Career of Steve McCurry
“Afghan Girl” was first published on the front cover of National Geographic in June 1985. To date, it is known as the most popular image …
Palm Oil: Where Good Intentions are Poorly Executed
Originally from Africa, the palm has become one of the most sought-after crops thanks to its fruits which can be refined into palm oil. Palm …
The Era of Post-Truth Politics
The world has gone through many changes and various political phases. The 1950’s saw a rapid rise in globalization with the advent of the Bretton …
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
“Ladysmith Black Mambazo wants to break cultural boundaries, emulating a message of peace, love, hope, and harmony.” Nelson Mandela defined the Grammy Award-winning South African …
The Evolvement of the Human Conscience through Television
The statement that television has a connection to human conscience can be easily dismissed because it is not often discussed, but the reality is that …