Written by Meghan Garner As part of a small writing project in one of my music classes, I got to review a Polaris Prize-winning album by a Canadian artist, Yves Jarvis, from Montreal. I listened extensively to his sixth album, All Cylinders, which includes eleven original songs (the deluxe version adds five extra tracks). I wasn’t sure what to make of it at first, to be honest. But as I learned more about how Yves Jarvis composed and produced this album, I couldn’t help but admire Jarvis’s creativity and determination. He composed most of this album on a broken laptop in a small basement in Montreal. Up until this class…
An analysis of Beyoncé’s feminist messaging, exploring whether her music empowers women or reinforces harmful stereotypes and sexualized expectations.
Compiled is a list of amazing, bone-chilling, thought-provoking, and in some cases comical, must-watch Latin horror movies.
Written by Benjamin Wiebe The term Ludonarrative Dissonance has been a video game buzzword since 2012. The term has been featured in reviews from major news outlets like IGN (Imagine Games Network) and has become a staple of video essays on popular single-player video games—primarily in discussions of third-person action-adventure games, including Tomb Raider and Uncharted. The term has waned in popularity over the past four years. However, in light of The Last of Us Part II Remastered’s release, the concept of ludonarrative dissonance has been resurrected to discuss the game’s re-release and the addition to the No-Return game mode. In light of this, I wanted to discuss this largely…
Written by Alex Gallaway What’s the deal with summer classes? Are they worth putting in the extra time (and money) over what’s supposed to be an academic “break” for most students? How much do they really contribute to your degree? Taking summer classes can feel like a stalled pause in your academics. You’re usually not fully engrossed in classes, but you don’t seem to have much free time either. There are a number of factors to take into account if you are considering the possibility of summer classes. There are a variety of ways to take online classes, and there are typically a greater number of asynchronous or online offerings,…
The Weight of ZIllenialism and The Green Knight Written by Benjamin Wiebe Introduction This is the first part of a series of articles introducing the concept of Zillenialism and how we perceive art and film through the lens of lost identity. The challenge with covering this topic, for me, has been the dread I feel in interrogating my own ways of processing loss. In August, I wanted to write a version of this article that was a tribute to my five friends who passed away in July. By October, I wanted to do an entire study of art about loss and grief and talk about the seven stages of grief.…
