The Beat Lives On: Songwriters deserve more credit
You know every lyric to your favorite song, but do you know the songwriter behind it? More and more artists are taking the collaborative approach to songwriting, but it hasn’t always been this way.
To Be Blunt: It’s time to move on to greener pastures
At the very least, I hope this column taught you something, changed your perspective on the substance and made you smile.
Film Schooled: No more white sapphic period dramas
Society has progressed past the need for white sapphic period dramas.
All the World’s a Screen: Halloween horror thrives off the fun we have with fear
The scariest movie moments are when nothing happens.
For Your Consideration: Latinx women deserve more recognition in the Latin music industry
The Latin Recording Academy announced nominees for 53 categories for the 2020 Latin Grammy Awards. Few women received recognition.
Unquirky: Art promoting activism
How we can use arts and the media to help promote the change we want to see in the world.
The Minority Support: It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s mental health
Lines have become blurred between mental health and art for BIPOC creatives.
Soft Power: Chinese American films offer necessary perspectives on belonging
For Chinese Americans, these films are "authentic" in their own right.
The Beat Lives On: Sampling songs from the past — exploitation or admiration?
Many artists’ songs from the past are being sampled time and time again in modern music. They are the not-so-secret forces behind some of the biggest pop hits. But are artists sampling because they lack originality — or simply giving songs a new life?
A gram for an ounce of sleep: what happens when smoking and sleeping
In reality, there’s no clear-cut answer to solving the mystery of cannabis and its complex interaction with our sleep cycles, dreams and, more broadly, our minds.