Hollywood has a long history of distorting reality. Tropes and stereotypes that shape our culture are often amplified through film, eventually becoming deeply ingrained in our collective consciousness. For instance, we tend to picture a cop as a chubby middle-aged man, donut in hand, even if we’ve met many cops who don’t fit that stereotype.Continue reading ““Anora” and the Difficult Depiction of Sex Workers in Hollywood”
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Legally Blond and the Toxic Legacy of Academic Validation
In my junior year of high school, I became obsessed with the idea of college. I religiously binge-watched college acceptance reaction videos on YouTube, with people screaming, crying, and hyperventilating as they opened their admission results. Their intense reactions, as though their futures hinged entirely on that single moment, left me both excited and somewhatContinue reading “Legally Blond and the Toxic Legacy of Academic Validation”
Fight Club And The Crisis of Masculinity
What does it mean to be a man? In a world ruled by large corporations, where there’s nothing to fight for and nothing to hunt, more and more men are struggling with the so-called masculinity crisis. Consumerism has them working jobs they hate and buying things they don’t need. Living from paycheck to paycheck, drivenContinue reading “Fight Club And The Crisis of Masculinity”
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