Inquiry
Dear Dairy
Humans have always used foods and herbs as traditional remedies for sickness, physical injuries, and mental ailments. Yet the size and scale of milk consumption go beyond a homemade solution. And so, one wonders, why?
Reminder: Your Spring Break Is in Someone Else's Home
When we exoticize a place, we treat it differently than we would treat our own homes. We abide by different rules — if any at all — than we would abide by at home. And, oddly, we often grant ourselves an uncanny kind of newfound freedom.
On Digis and Dispos
Is the insistence of using these devices performative? Or is it an attempt to savor the moment and enjoy the little things in such a fast-paced world?
Everybody’s Gay
From Annenberg to Instagram, queerness becomes an object of close-reading, our eyes trained on the if of inner identity.
Lunchbox Memories
There’s something profoundly appealing about watching the creation of food and dishes — the centerpieces of our culture and humanity — coupled with stories that aren’t as often shown in the media.
Critique of Pure Criticism
From rhapsode to New Yorker critic, why are we so bad at defending the humanities?
Bad Bunny’s Album is Talking About Us, Whether You Like It or Not
Bad Bunny’s album is not just about large-scale contributors to cultural degradation in Puerto Rico. It is also about how we, as individuals, conceptualize the Caribbean.
Chance Encounters: Self-Checkout, Bill Gates, and the Loss of Shared Humanity
In and of itself, the loss of cashiers seems insignificant. Self-driving cars and pre-order systems at first feel innocuous, or even beneficial. But they add to a larger trend of turning towards our screens and away from one another.
