Commentary on the political, social, tech, and environmental developments and their relevance to modern culture.
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.
Read MoreLet’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.
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreAfter 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.
Read MoreWhy the rise of fashion influencers are the cause of the downfall of fashion and its elegance.
Read MoreWhile 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.
Read MoreAn Embodied writer delves in her experience with eating disorders.
Read MoreGetting into bed with the relationship between food and sex.
Read MoreHas the trend of “clean eating” gone too far?
Read MoreAn Embodied writer advocates for less food waste by bringing us along on a “Freegan” tour
Read More“How do we justify building our self-image? Why does it feel so false to curate the self through makeup and clothing?” Embodied writer Shanti Escalante-De Mattei unpacks these questions and more by drawing on the story of Inanna, the Mesopotamian goddess of love and war, and her descent into hell.
Read More“This is for all the women that are darker than me, that were told they aren’t beautiful because their skin is not light enough. The journey to self-love can be long and gruesome, but it is most definitely worth it.”
Read MoreOn the mysteries and endless possibilities of the independent bookstore
Read MoreWith the steady rise of gentrification and people moving in and out of the city, who and what is a "real" New Yorker?
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