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Feb 27, 2023

Environmental Justice

From the poisonous lead-contaminated water supplied to residents of Flint, Michigan, to the industrial corridor dubbed “Cancer alley” in Baton Rouge, Mississippi, Black communities in the United States have been long subjected to environmental injustices. According to a 2017 study done by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (N.A.A.C.P.) and the Clean…

Feb 27, 2023

A Femme-Safe Place

A smooth and funky baseline echoed off the green walls of NC State’s Digital Media Lab last Thursday as students listened to “Boogie Oogie Oogie” by A Taste of Honey. University Library Specialist and 2020 NC State alum Tim Mensa shared how the iconic female duo has inspired him as a fellow bassist at Femme…

Jan 26, 2023

Rolling Stone Rolls into Controversy

On Jan. 1, 2023, Rolling Stone magazine rang in the New Year by unveiling its 200 Greatest Singers of All Time list. First released in 2008 as the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time, the updated list has increased in size and controversy. The magazine was first known for its coverage of rock music and…

Jan 26, 2023

Avatar Does it Again

Director James Cameron has not been shy in revealing what inspired him to make the highest-grossing film of all time, “Avatar” and its sequel “Avatar: The Way of Water.” Cameron said in an interview, “Avatar very pointedly made reference to the colonial period in the Americas, with all its conflict and bloodshed between the military…

Nov 30, 2022

A Justification, Since You Asked

They say where there’s smoke, there’s fire. Rewind to Sept. 25, 1992, and you would find both at NC State’s Brickyard as some 200 students burned copies of the Technician in a rally for an alternative Black newspaper. The protest came two days after inflammatory opinion pieces containing racial slurs—one of which suggested an impending…

Nov 30, 2022

The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall

In early October, Kanye ‘Ye’ West debuted a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt at Paris Fashion Week. He responded to subsequent backlash by writing mockingly on Instagram, “my one t-shirt took allllll the attention.” Since the release of The College Dropout, the mega-rapstar-turned-billionaire has laid his heart on the track while putting his reputation on the…