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Esther Wheelwright was a nun in the 1700s who lived in three different North American cultures from childhood through adulthood.  Born in Wells, Maine in 1696, her quiet life as a tavern keeper’s daughter would soon be thrown into a […]

I can slay my own dragon/ I can dream my own dreams/ My knight in shining armor is me The Cheetah Girls brought diversity to the U.S. small screen, but what exactly did they break through? Before these girls took […]

On March 8, 2017 women from across the world marched for women’s rights for International Women’s Day. With the allegations of Harvey Weinstein and others facing repercussions for sexual harassment and abuse, there have been improvements in gender inequalities, but […]

WhoIsUmi Who is Umi? The rising musician’s media handles share the same question, @whoisumi. Growing up in the prime era of Youtube, Tierra Umi Wilson always had a knack for songwriting. In high school, the young aspiring artist spent time […]

The media has a large influence on the way we structure and even live out our lives, according to Brad Kaye, a media and communications scholar. As behaviors are performed within media texts, we encode those in our long-term memory. […]

Tyler Perry’s quilt is made up of great struggles and great triumphs. His quilt tells the story of a man who fought great adversity in order to not only empower himself, but to empower other Black and African-American creatives. How […]

In the Netflix series “Unorthodox,” as the main character abandons her life in New York’s Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community for Berlin, her most immediate discoveries are not just about herself, but also about how her single experience of (Eastern European) Judaism […]

By Abbieblach Cultural appropriation. It’s a heavy term that comes with a lot of questions and heaps of backlash. From Coldplay and Beyonce music videos to college fraternity parties, cultural appropriation seems to be everywhere. But with media running as […]