In October, 2016, I made the mistake of dressing up for Halloween while Black. Halloween is a difficult time for people of a certain complexion; there are only so many…
“…as a reader I’m not surprised. I read tons of articles every day. I share dozens of links on Twitter and Facebook. But how many do I read in full?…
So you’ve decided you want to start baking bread. You went out, got yourself flour, yeast, all the relevant kitchenware, and, of course, a snazzy new apron or two, because…
Long before I found myself listening to podcasts nearly everyday, I thought of the medium as a means for lonely people to not feel as isolated as they were. “What…
In the summer of 2019, I was fortunate enough to have an internship for a semi-popular online magazine (it is probably best if I not name the company, as this…
I, for one, never thought I would be considering memes as a major part of my academic experience, but here I am. When I define a meme in my mind,…
Call me a disbeliever, but I do not believe emojis and emoji language are nowhere near as advanced as the Wired writers seem to argue. Though there may be evidence…
Do you ever find yourself frustrated while texting, because no matter how hard you manifest your thoughts and opinions into that tiny text box on the screen, the words never…
Something John McWhorter mentioned in his Ted Talk video on texting really drew my attention. He refers to the devices that allow us to communicate quickly between one another through…
Once, my mother told my older brother, who was fifteen at the time, to “pick me up” from school; I was only four years old, and couldn’t possibly have walked…
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