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Sherwin Neuland’s TED Talk About Depression and ECT

Nuland’s recovery story is similar to the experiences of many people who have been through this road. He captured those powerful moments extremely well– the dreadful ones that led to being in a mental hospital and the exciting, even amusing ones that brought him back. There are several that can resonate for many. During the […]

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MUJERES: Dense Su Valor

Ningún hombre es una vez en la vida que te cuelgas de los granos con la esperanza de que lo conquistarás. No hay suficiente dinero, no hay suficiente buena apariencia, no hay suficiente carisma, no hay suficiente fama y no hay suficientes galletas y golpes en el mundo para correr detrás de un hombre que […]

Hip-Hop Feminist Analysis of Nicki Minaj

Nicki Minaj is arguably the best-selling female rapper in history and, a controversial topic – who rose to fame when the hip-hop music industry transformed in extreme ways. Previously, hip-hop reduced women rappers’ presence, moved towards a commercial model of marketing, marketing to the mainstream – a whiter audience. She achieved her fame by using […]

Female Homoeroticism in Ancient Greece and Rome

Given the erasure of women generally in antiquity and the broad-brush misogyny in many sources, it is difficult to reconstruct ancient views towards female subjectivity, female desire, and toward a category we might call “Lesbianism.” The contemporary concept of sexuality depends on a strict categorization of sexual and personal desire such as heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, […]

A Look Into “A Dangerous Method”

A Dangerous Method is a biopic film underlies the events between Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. However, the main plot is romantic rather than scientific, revolving around the relationship between Carl Jung, a therapist, and his hysterical neurotic patient Sabina, who came from a family of Russian Jews. The film shows how Sabina had influenced […]

Women and Religion: Fill the Void Film

The film Fill the Void presents an ultra-Hasidic community, a subculture within Judaism, in Israel. The subculture within Judaism is presented as very strict, and possibly confining since most scenes only take place at the Meddleston’s home or at the synagogue. Arranged marriages are portrayed to be the central focus for women within this community […]

Elyn Saks Eye-Opening TED Talk on Schizophrenia

Elyn Saks delivered a powerful TED talk about making peace with her mental illness. She narrated her unparalleled journey living with chronic schizophrenia. Many people may think that those with schizophrenia live their lives in a psych ward, but Saks is actually a law scholar who graduated from Yale Law School. She spoke about her […]

She Bad!: Maluca Mala

Pero que mujer atrevida (But that daring woman)! If you love upbeat music with a definite Latina flavor, check out “Trigger,” a single from New York City based Hip Hop artist Natalie Ann Yepez, better known as Maluca Mala. She was born in the Bronx to Dominican parents, and grew up in East Village and […]

Angel Haze: Hip Hop and Rape Culture

Rape is rape. This conversation, this back and forth, has been talked about for years. Yet, we can’t reduce the ignorance of people like Donald Trump and supporters of folks like Brett Kavanaugh to sound bites or place it in the category of political-season inanity (even though elections past a few weeks ago). Their statements […]

Cuanto Sazon!: Amara La Negra

Before becoming a popular music artist, Afro-Dominican singer Amara La Negra, just like many other Afro-Latinx folks, grew up between those who embraced her blackness and those who didn’t. In our Dominican communities, people would offend those by saying “esta negra” (this black girl/woman), and pushing for more Eurocentric beauty standards. Because of this, Dana […]

Nighttime Reflections

You sit there Staring blankly At nothing Just like how you feel within Yet What you fail to realize is that You aren’t in a void You’re surrounded by many things but You decide to not see The simplicities The complexities Of what’s around you and Within