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Illustration by Rachel Choi

#BiWeek and bisexuality as a cultural comparison

By Ella Duggan, Assistant Opinion Editor
September 20, 2023

I didn’t realize how much I had taken for granted being a queer person in New Zealand until I was forced to contend with my sexual identity for the first...

Photo by Ryli Stoker.

The criminalization of unhoused and impoverished populations in “college towns”

By Ryli Stoker, Beacon Correspondent
September 20, 2023

A lot of Emerson students act like they have never seen unhoused people before.   The first time I picked up on this was in a dorm with a small group...

Illustration by Hailey Akau

“Community” is the tombstone to the episodic sitcom’s grave

By Leo Kagan, Assistant Sports Editor
September 13, 2023

“Community” is the greatest TV show of all time.  Maybe you think I’m wrong—that I’m stupid or simply misinformed. The 10” x 10” sheet...

Illustration by Rachel Choi

It’s time to retire the term AAPI

By Hailey Akau, Assistant Multimedia Editor and Magazine Section Editor
September 13, 2023

Growing up Asian, Hispanic, and Kānaka Maoli on the island of Oʻahu, I have always been keenly aware of my racial identity and the way it is viewed by...

Illustration by Kellyn Taylor.

Activism isn’t skin-deep

By Bryan Liu, Assistant Opinion Editor
September 13, 2023

I am sitting with the wettest elbows.  My forearms are slick with water from this morning when I was bent over the sink, washing my face. They will...

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Forsake minimalism, embrace the Max

By Ryan Yau, Assistant Living Arts Editor
September 13, 2023

The Max, formally the Maximilian Mutchnick Cafe, underwent its now-infamous remodel over the summer. Gone are the homely red tile, oil-slick couches, and...

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Emerson’s “support” of WGA is not enough

By Jackson Bailey, Staff Writer, Living Arts
July 2, 2023

The Writer’s Guild of America has been on strike since early May over labor disputes due to poor compensation. The strike has paused numerous film and...

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Looking back: Advice for incoming freshmen and sophomores

By Maddie Barron and Maddie Khaw
April 26, 2023

Dear Maddies, How has this year been for you both, navigating through freshman and sophomore year? What’s your crash course to surviving these years...

Illustration by Rachel Choi

The grind don’t stop…until the body is destroyed 

By Meg Richards and Ty Gavin
April 26, 2023

Meg I have been dancing since I was two years old. Ballet, tap, jazz, modern, contemporary—pretty much all of it. My feet have only stopped moving...

Illustration by Rachel Choi

Disney is homophobic. What’s new? 

By Rachel Choi, Multimedia Managing Editor, Chief Copy Editor
April 26, 2023

Walt Disney Studios has produced a variety of content ranging from high-budget disappointments to low-budget masterpieces; but recent shows have nothing...

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ADVICE: How do I know if someone is right for me?

By Maddie Barron and Maddie Khaw
April 19, 2023

Dear Maddies, I’m struggling with a new relationship, as I’m feeling some anxiety about whether this is the right person for me or not. How do you...

Corporate nihilism for a post–‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ apocalypse

Corporate nihilism for a post–‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ apocalypse

By Ryan Yau, Assistant Living Arts Editor
April 19, 2023

I should be stoned for enjoying “The Super Mario Bros. Movie.” The movie represents everything I dislike about contemporary children’s cinema:...

Illustration by Rachel Choi

There’s no ‘devil’s advocate’ for eugenics—you’re just bigoted

By Rachel Choi, Multimedia Managing Editor, Chief Copy Editor
April 19, 2023

The world’s population has reached eight billion and continues to grow exponentially. In response to the climate crisis and overpopulation, 21st century...

Illustration by Ryan Yau

Let’s put it bluntly: all drugs should be legal

By Meg Richards, Staff Writer
April 19, 2023

It’s 4/20, a day for the predominately white students of Emerson College to ditch class and smoke in the Boston Common, without a care in the world and...

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ADVICE: How do I become comfortable with solitude?

By Maddie Khaw and Maddie Barron
April 12, 2023

Dear Maddies, Ever since I started at Emerson, I’ve realized that I’m uncomfortable with doing things alone. I’m anxious to go places like the...

Illustration by Hailey Akau

Your parents don’t hate you, you’re just entitled

By Hailey Akau, Assistant Multimedia Editor and Magazine Section Editor
April 12, 2023

Ah, yes, the cool rebellious teen trope. The “nobody understands me” loner with undoubted swagger and a “fuck authority” attitude. A figure that...

Illustration by Rachel Choi

Why do we hate women in sports?

By Mariyam Quaisar, Managing Editor
April 12, 2023

On April 3, SportsCenter posted a video of Demi Bagby, a fitness influencer, throwing the first pitch at the San Diego Padres versus Arizona Diamondbacks...

Illustration by Rachel Choi

Autism isn’t a new “trend”—it’s been part of human history for millennia

By Rachel Choi, Multimedia Managing Editor, Chief Copy Editor
April 12, 2023

The idea that autism is a new and recent trend due to nefarious, external factors is cementing itself in the minds of many with terrifying speed. The anti-vaxxer...

Illustration by Rachel Choi.

Finger-Lickin’ Good? The coding of queerness as cannibalism in “Bones and All” 

By Ty Gavin
April 5, 2023

In 1846, The Donner Party, pioneers from Illinois in search of homestead in California, resorted to cannibalism as a means of survival. Decades later,...

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ADVICE: How do I cope with imposter syndrome?

By Maddie Barron and Maddie Khaw
April 5, 2023

Dear Maddies, I need some advice about imposter syndrome! Everywhere I turn at Emerson, everyone else seems to be doing more—and doing better—than...

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