Donald Pleasance, ‘Halloween’ and its Culture in the Media

One of the most popular holidays in Western and particularly American culture is Halloween. There have been many movies and television shows that portray this holiday in many different ways, including the latest iteration due out in theaters on October […]

Halloween is just around the corner and the decorations and spooky vibes are spreading around like a virus. The holiday is extremely popular in the United States, with over $9 billion in spending predicted. However, how is Halloween celebrated in […]

Director James Wan is best known for his unique variety of multicultural horror, with films from the massive “Conjuring” universe and “Insidious” franchise at its center. Wan’s renown as a director is palpable, but his origins are not as well […]

Rap and hard rock were two music genres polarizing the music industry back in the 1980’s. MTV and other media platforms wanted to push for something “cleaner” and denounced the two genres as outliers to society. In 1986, Aerosmith and […]

It is the final part of my story about a girl who decided to live her dream.

Identity is a funny thing. We write books about it. Movies are made about it. How we see ourselves in the world is all about it. We often wax nostalgic about it — personal identity, place identity, community identity, social […]

Ebony Notes is an app for the culture. Our experiences are unique and we all have a special way of greeting and uplifting one another. With the app, users receive affirmations via push notifications directly to their phone. These affirmations […]

Proper representation in any sort of media is important but having a distinct character or narrative in videography relating to the audience is incredibly impactful. Cross-cultural presence in media Speaking on the importance of proper representation, finding a character upon […]