
“We might find ourselves non-spirited, approaching a horizon to establish a new frontier, pioneers who uproot what others have sowed, gathering as “survivors of a peculiar and inward time,” doing better. I am so excited for our editors and contributors to have the opportunity to reflect on “smoke and mirrors,” a concept that in itself suggests ambiguity, creating a future in real time, not knowing when or how it will appear. "
-- Kayla Herrera-Daya, editor in chief. Read more from her editor's letter for Issue 15 here.
By Fernanda Amis
Although many of you have likely moved on from your scary-movie marathon in the wake of Halloween, their position and reflection of society is a question probing my mind.
Artist Jemila MacEwan on the environment, performance, meditation, and their upcoming projects.
Actress and writer Jazmyn Simon shares her experience with the Writers’ Strike and what it means for film and television going forward.
Staff photographer Spencer Mulvaney covers the San Gennaro Festival for Embodied.
Whilst in the United States there are heavy connotations of religious standpoints with political ones, in Malta, this relationship is quite different. As one of the world’s most Catholic countries, it is simultaneously one of the most progressive for LGBTQ+ rights.
Taylor Swift’s Eagles jersey is hanging from the door, as she swapped it out to root for the Kansas City Chiefs last weekend.
How can this novel, with much of the narrative structure dependent on elaborate imagery and descriptions of the mental states of characters and not based in dialogue/physical actions, be accurately portrayed in live-action?
It’s not that the pain is a worthwhile side-effect of the experience; it’s that the pain itself is the experience.
Fall 2019
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Now, your music is only as good as the grid of pictures that string below your name, in an effort to define your entire brand entity from your favorite dog breed to your weird obsession with Sanrio characters.
Is this trend a tribute to legacy or an exercise in ego?
Nothing drives me crazy more than when the girl with the tiny frames, polka dot button-up, micro shorts, and ballet flats gets told she has good style.
On their debut EP, Birthday Girl DC reminds listeners how magical it is to act like a kid.
Plenty of my friends and acquaintances from various cultures have tattoos, and most of them have a story about how their community had a negative and biased reaction towards them due to the fact that their skin is no longer blank. My wonder about this generational bias towards tattoos went through the roof, so I decided to formally interview a select handful of people to understand their opinion and reactions toward this bias.
Let’s face it: I could have put in a few key words into ChatGPT when sitting down to write this piece, and had the computer write it for me completely. No longer are we using computing technology to aid in our own production of language, as the computers can generate their own words from ours.
This is not a call for Gerwig to solve what she and Mattel have done wrong over the years, but Barbie should have been an opportunity to expand her feminist horizons and redeem herself from past promotions of exclusionary feminism.
After making my way through Chinatown and Soho, passing an absurd number of models along the way, I realized that my worst fear was upon me: New York Fashion Week.
Why the rise of fashion influencers are the cause of the downfall of fashion and its elegance.
While many anticipated a transition from SOUR to SWEET, Olivia Rodrigo continues to tap into the familiar feelings of angst and self-loathing that every 19-year-old girl knows on her new album, GUTS.


THE ENVIROnMENTAL IMPACT OF FASHION
By Aleah Tishler
The fiasco surrounding Swift’s Eras Tour exposes a broken system that began with the merger of Ticketmaster and Live Nation in 2010.
The album is on track to be in competition with 1989 for Swift’s biggest album debut in the United States.
How memes and viral internet challenges are fostering a deeper connection with music in the Digital Age
An essay about one writer’s empowering and humanizing resonance with fellow Bronx native Cardi Belcalis Almanza
When we are younger, we dream of our lives to come and, as we grow older, we reflect on those childlike dreams we once had.
The Gallatin Galleries opened its doors on December 5th to Sinking Upwards, Heaven to the Ground, a Gallatin student run exhibition that visualizes destruction with art to confront colonial violence and displacement. With a multidisciplinary approach, the exhibit makes a space where art and tragedy seem to inescapably surround you.