Is our search engine a reflection of society? CSUSM’s latest Arts & Lectures guest Safiya U. Noble, an associate professor at UCLA, asked this question during her presentation titled Algorithms of Oppression on Mar. 11.
One of her starting points was how Black girls are targeted in search...
The CSUSM literature & writing studies department hosted the 1913 Press Reading as part of the Community and World Literary series on Mar. 11.
The event introduced students and faculty to two successful writers: Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi and Megin Jimenez.
Araki-Kawaguchi’s writings can be described...
After three years of not releasing an album, there was no way of knowing what to expect when SHINee announced their seventh full-length album Don’t Call Me.
Although each member of the band (Onew, Minho, Key and Taemin) has their own style and solo careers, the group has fostered an undeniable SHINee...
TV Show: Ginny and Georgia
Netflix released the first season of its newest comedy-drama Ginny and Georgia on Feb. 24. The show follows the story of a young mom, Georgia, and her two kids, Ginny and Austin, as they move to a new town in order to escape their troubled past. However, living with...
HBO Max’s recent film The Little Things is a new paradigm of mystery that sets foot into uncharted territory through two unique perspectives.
Joe Deacon (Denzel Washington) is a veteran detective who helps guide Detective Jimmy Baxter (Rami Malek) in an array of recent murders. Their main suspect...
Music’s biggest night is nearly here, as the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards are scheduled for Mar. 14. Who will go home with an award and who will go home empty-handed? Here’s my best shot at predicting the winners of the four general field categories (album of the year, record of the year, song of the...
Documentary: Biggie: I Got A Story To Tell
Since a video is worth a thousand words, this rare archival footage featuring rapper Christopher Wallace, known as The Notorious B.I.G. or Biggie, tells more than just a story. Biggie: I Got A Story To Tell is a new Netflix original documentary containing...
CSUSM‘s Arts & Lectures series hosted their second event of the semester,“DE-Composing Dance: A Discourse for Dance Decomposition and Choreographies of Breath,” featuring Mayfield Brooks on Feb. 18.
Mayfield Brooks is a New York-based dancer, “vocalist, urban farmer, teacher and writer,”...
Kat Parra, Assistant A&E Editor
• February 27, 2021
This review may contain mild spoilers.
Netflix’s recently-released drama TV show Firefly Lane springs on the unique friendship of two girls that are each desperate for a friend.
The show is an adaptation from Kristin Hannah’s novel Firefly Lane. As the girls navigate through the years, their...
Song: “Gasoline” by HAIM (feat. Taylor Swift)
Alternative rock band HAIM teamed up with Taylor Swift to release a remix of their song “Gasoline” from their album Women in Music Pt. III. Lyrically, the song addresses the complicated situation of staying in a dysfunctional relationship because...
HONEY
Sticky sweet honey pot,
I don’t want you to leave.
Stay under these bedsheets and forget about
your burdens.
It’s so windy out there today,
the beach is hazy and
so are we.
It would be a waste to do anything
but nothing.
Sticky...
