From Neighborhood Cops to Robocops: The Changing Face of American Police
“Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.” ― Aldous Huxley, Ends and Means If…
Category: Archive
Wanting to Be a Cool Kid
The television set was black. The remote rested in the teacher’s hand. The project was simple. The students went to…
A Little Rant About News Broadcasting
Here in Israel we do not get to see American commercials on cable TV. On the American news networks, what…
Cloppers: Perverts or Fetishists?
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is an animated television show targeted at preteen girls, but unexpectedly has gained a…
Get to Know the Artist: Shilpa Narayan
Today’s featured artist is Shilpa Narayan, a soul-pop artist based in New York City. Shilpa’s musical career originated on YouTube…
Why the Short Film Menschen Is Important
The short film Menschen carries its weight as a period piece that involves relevant themes loaded from the past. I…
Fall
Would you let me fall Would you be ok if I just drifted Would you be fine with me gliding…
Vestigial Steel
Superman stole my jelly roll. He took it right out of my lunch bag then sat next to me. “Superman,…
‘You’re Either a Cop or Little People’: The American Police State in 2014
“You’re either a cop or little people.”—Police captain Harry Bryant in Blade Runner For those of us who have managed…
Potential Pt. 2
I lay on my unmade bed and admired all the women tacked to the wall. Over three years, I’d been…