Karissa Valencia, whose family is half Chumash, half Mexican, says Indigenous representation in Hollywood and especially animation “just hasn’t been present at all or accurate.”
A NIGERIAN WORLD TRAVELER LIVING IN THE U.K. SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT. STOP TRYING TO DILUTE OR EXPLAIN AWAY MY TRUTH.
Third culture kids (TCKs) are people that have spent a significant part of their developmental years outside of their parents’ culture. Their home, host countries and experiences become the third culture. This can be a lot for anyone under the age of eighteen to adapt to. TCK CULTURAL IDENTITY I […]
Reasons why the border crisis has escalated to a mass exodus from the Northern Triangle/ Central America, and ways the U.S. is part of the problem and the solution.
On May 6, screenwriter Scott Meyers tweeted an article from “The Hollywood Reporter,” entitled “Was Sundance the ‘First Petri Dish’ of Coronavirus in the States?” A few days after attending Sundance Film Festival this year, I woke up one morning thinking I was having a heart attack. Massive pain in my chest. Hard to breathe. Went to the emergency room. Not heart related, something with my lungs. Maybe coronavirus?
Aidan Frazier is a U.S. Citizen out of water. He grew up in Yorkshire, Northern England, where he attended school, picked up a British accent and lived as a military B.R.A.T. until his father resigned. From the ages of 2-12, Frazier learned about how comfort could come in cold stone […]
