I present to you my writings…
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Trending away from gender roles
It may feel strange to think of something as established as gender roles as a “trend”, but I would like to explore this concept. Though they are centuries-spanning, binary gender roles are very much a cultural invention meant to create social order. And they may have been effective in that, but at what cost? It…
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Think-piece: “Avatar”
Are we going to keep ignoring the white savior (and white director) in blockbuster movies about POC/Indigenous people? Colonization happened. Genocide happened. Segregation, discrimination, and exploitation happened (not to mention, still do). This is our history, and we cannot ignore it. However… do we have to keep reviving it? Movie after movie continues to portray…
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Review: “You People” on Netflix
I believe that the intention of the film You People was to be both a rom-com and a discussion about race relations. To balance the heaviness of modern racism with the lightness of laughter and love. This is about as tall of an order as it gets, and I don’t think anyone could execute it…
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Me vs. School
When I think about my career of schooling up until college, I think of the words simple and predetermined. Neither have a good or bad connotation, they just are. Simple, because I never had to question the path ahead. Predetermined, because, well, you can guess this one:) I’ve known from the age of six that…
Emma Tremont 