10 Under 10k

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.

EMBODIEDDecember 19, 2024Comment

I’m Sick of Casting Celebrities in Biopics.

Is this trend a tribute to legacy or an exercise in ego?

EMBODIEDDecember 10, 2024Comment

Good Style vs. Following Trends

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.

EMBODIEDDecember 10, 2024Comment

"Dirtier" by Birthday Girl DC

On their debut EP, Birthday Girl DC reminds listeners how magical it is to act like a kid.

EMBODIEDOctober 24, 2024Comment

Generational Bias Towards Tattoos

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.

EMBODIEDDecember 10, 2023Comment

Synthetic Humans and The Language of A.I.

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.

EMBODIEDDecember 6, 2023Comment

Greta Gerwig’s Barbie: Can we undo the plastic?

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.

EMBODIEDSeptember 29, 2023Comment

Dear NYFW, I Hate You. Love, a Native New Yorker.

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.

EMBODIEDSeptember 25, 2023Comment

Are influencers ruining fashion week? My opinion, yes.

Why the rise of fashion influencers are the cause of the downfall of fashion and its elegance.

EMBODIEDSeptember 20, 2023Comment

GUTS May Sound Like SOUR, but What’s the Big Deal?

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.

EMBODIEDSeptember 14, 2023Comment