The medium demands multiple senses, our full attention, tearing us away at least for a few minutes from the relentless multi-tasking that has become our society’s default mode.
Arts & Entertainment
LU | The Un-Banning of TikTok
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Good things have certainly sprung from TikTok — whether you see it as the embarrassment of Trump’s Tulsa rally or the inspiration of watching someone sew a dress from scratch — but so have the sinister parts of its nature. Many point to the app’s addictive design, but for me, it’s the high potential of losing myself in a TikTok reality.
Arts & Entertainment
PONTIN | Let’s Take Disco Seriously
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Disco thrived on a disruption of the status quo and a total refusal of the value system that prevailed at the time it was created.
2020
KUDVA DRISKELL | Animal Crossing, Empathy and Campaign Yard Signs
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I don’t love how Animal Crossing, a game focused around building an aesthetically pleasing home and interacting with snappily dressed animals, is now being considered some sort of political frontier.
Arts & Entertainment
We Need More Than a Black Square
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When you actively profit from Black trends and Black ideas, solidarity isn’t enough.
Arts & Entertainment
YANG | Hey, Stephen, Are We Cyborgs Now?
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My perception of what it means to be human has been vehemently challenged by the onslaught of radical changes.
Arts & Entertainment
YANDAVA | 2020’s Pulitzer Prizes Give Black Writers Their Due
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These awards have the power to help us reevaluate how we think about race in relation to literature, and can broaden the inclusiveness of ceremonies often seen as inaccessible or pretentious.
arts
GUEST ROOM | Virtual Slope Day Demonstrates Why Funding Needs Transparency
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The Virtual Music Festival exemplifies how important it is for the Cornell administration to be more transparent about funding and allocation, especially in these uncertain times.
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YANG | Lights Up
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The show must go on, and it’s time for me to overcome my stage fright, to become the person I need to be.
Arts & Entertainment
YANG | The Fuzzy Relationship Between Cyberpunk and American Exceptionalism
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As we move forward, we have to maintain the critical lens to reconceptualize race and ethnicity after technology.