“Art has always strived to reflect the times, if not stay ahead of it.”
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YANDAVA | Lana Del Rey’s Ever-Evolving Aesthetic
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While America burns, Del Rey appears to have grown up.
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Art for Climate Activism’s Sake
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“Using art allowed us to have more friendly and meaningful conversations.”
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YANG | The Indie Bookstore Dilemma
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The war between indie booksellers and Amazon have escalated to something akin to David and Goliath, and perhaps rightfully so.
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QUE | On Film Snobbery
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You see, I’ve been called a “film snob” several times, and I can’t say it is pleasant.
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BONO | ‘Mario Maker:’ Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
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I really do enjoy Mario Maker 2, don’t get me wrong — where else could you play a Mario level scored by “Take Me Home, Country Roads” or design a course based on the upcoming CGI adaptation of the musical Cats?
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YANG | Noise Music Is the Resistance We Need
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Noise music is the last frontier. It challenges the very essence of aesthetics in our digital culture.
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YANG | Taylor Swift and the Art of Changing the Narrative
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After years of suffering from the toll public scrutiny takes on her personal life, Swift made a genius power move of using what the media so loves doing against them and for her own benefit.
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YANDAVA | Tana Mongeau, YouTube and Limits of Confessionalism
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The so-called “Confessional” school of poetry that emerged in the 1950s might have been an early precursor of this peculiarly American narcissism.
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SIMS | How to See Art at Cornell Without Really Trying
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My takes are not much better than leftovers coming out of a dorm microwave.
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LING | The Cornell Syncopators and the College Jazz Band
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Perhaps, for us, the meanings will become memories or maybe a century later the meanings we made will be celebrated for what they were as college students stand in the same place we once did, always on the cusp of endings.