Category Archive: Lifestyle

Greta Gerwig: Committed To The Woman Onscreen

The novels assigned to students in American English classes throughout grade school are often labeled “classics” such as “Of Mice and Men,” “The Great Gatsby,” “Pride and Prejudice,” etc. Rarely do students understand the essence of the story they are assigned, nor do they care enough to venture into anything other than the Sparknotes summary. I know this because I was one of those students, feigning apathy in the face of yet another classic slammed down on our desks. 

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Robert Pattinson: Work in Progress

Ever since the Beatles and Elvis divided a sea of screaming fangirls in the 1960s, mainstream media has been pitting male entertainment professionals against each other. Right on the heels of the Backstreet Boys vs. N’Sync rivalry, these celebrity match-ups came to a head in 2008, when we saw adolescents sort themselves into Team Edward and Team Jacob with the release of the first installment in the Twilight film series. For many of us, this was the first time that the chiseled Robert Pattinson appeared on our horizons. It wouldn’t be the last. 

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Dream Hampton: Delivered and Unafraid

Dream Hampton is many things: a writer, a cultural critic, a social activist, a community organizer, and an award-winning filmmaker. There’s something about Dream and her work that makes you pay attention. It might be her fearlessness and fighting spirit, almost as if she was born to speak out and stand up. After all, she’s named after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech. Although she spells her name in lowercase out of humility (and in homage to feminist Bell Hooks and poet E.E. Cummings), her legacy is larger-than-life. 

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Zozibini Tunzi: Miss Universe 2019

Every day the newly crowned Miss Universe 2019 Zozibini Tunzi recites self-affirmations in the mirror: 

“You’re beautiful. You’re capable. You’re intelligent.” 

And with that faith in herself, Tunzi won the hearts of millions. Not that we needed much convincing. The 26-year-old South African beauty radiates elegance, poise, and thoughtfulness.

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Autumn Peltier: “Water Warrior”

"Many people don't think water is alive or has a spirit, my people believe this to be true. Our water deserves to be treated as human with human rights. We need to acknowledge our waters with personhood so we can protect our waters," Autumn Peltier, international activist, told the diplomats of the United Nations in her 2018 speech. Peltier has been fighting for water protection since the age of 8, and has been deemed  “The Water Warrior,” by the public.

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Daniel Kaluuya: Craft, Talent, and Truth

British actor and Oscar nominee Daniel Kaluuya is a part of the culture. That’s culture with a capital C. In the past three years, the now thirty-year-old thespian’s career has gone from the slow burn it was back home in the UK, to a steady boil in Hollywood. From his breakout role as "Chris Washington" in Jordan Peele’s horror-comedy film Get Out (2017) to his role as "W’kabi" in Ryan Coogler’s Marvel movie Black Panther (2018), Kaluuya has landed two groundbreaking movies that are cinematic gold. 

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