Snowpiecer-Not Just Another Cliched Sci-fi Film

I may be late to the party, but I have to admit that Snowpiercer is one of the most striking I have ever seen recently. It also has many intense and challenging characters acted well by the likes of Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, Song Kang-Ho, John Hurt, and my favorite actor Jamie Bell. The visual…

Recovery Road, Another Glossy Teen Show?

­   Recovery Road, written by Blake Nelson, is one of my favorite books. I randomly picked it up at the local library one day, drawn to the front cover decorated with a heart formed by pills. The novel touched me, it was written very honestly, and seemed to truly understand what it was like…

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind-Musings

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind makes the viewer stop and think. You ponder your own life, apply the narrative to your own unique situations and life experiences, and contemplate the supposed effects. Is ignorance bliss? How does one truly achieve the sought after “eternal sunshine?” Are the painful memories meant to stay with us?…

Christianity and Vegetarianism

It is a well-known fact that multiple groups of people choose to live a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle purely for religious reasons. In Jainism, vegetarianism is mandatory for everyone and in Hinduism it is advocated in many influential scriptures-yet veganism and vegetarianism is not usually connected with Christianity. I believe that veganism and vegetarianism should…

A Complete Overview of the Stonewall Riots

The Stonewall Riots happened on June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, NY. There were a series of spontaneous protests and demonstrations by members of the LGBT community against numerous police raids. The Stonewall Inn was a gathering place for gays, lesbians, and drag queens, and when police raids occurred, men could…

Vegans, please stop promoting Gary Yourofsky

All Animal Live’s Matter, Not Just Cecil.

On the 1st of July 2015, American dentist Walter Palmer shot and killed Cecil, a lion famous in Zimbabwe, who had been living Hwange Park. Palmer lured Cecil out of the enclosement, shot him with an arrow, and let him roam around injured for 40 hours, before being finally shot, skinned, and decapitated. Public outrage…

Carnism: Why We Eat Certain Animals

Carnism is a term coined by Dr Melanie Joy, a psychologist and Harvard educated professor in the 2009 book: “Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows.” It is an invisible belief system, or ideology that conditions people to eat certain animals. In a Carnist culture, people use the 4 N’s to justify their…

The Horrible Truth behind the Dowry System

Imagine your life being worth the price of a dishwasher and a motorcycle. Imagine being sold to your husband like cattle going to the slaughterhouse. That is the cruel reality for women in India. Heinous atrocities go on every day in our world, and one of the worst crimes against humanity is the Dowry System,…

What you need to know about ISIS

What is the history behind the background and the formation of ISIS? ISIS stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, sometimes known as ISIL. The group originated from Jama’at al Tawhid wal-Jiah in 1999 and was renamed Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad Fi Bilad al-Rafidayn but more commonly known as Al Qaeda in 2004. The…