The Oscars and the American Dream

Finding platforms that embellish our own ideals and impound our previously subscribed to beliefs is simple in today’s media-saturated climate. We can read, watch and listen in silos of our own creation without being forced to contextualize what is being said. But film as a medium isn’t so lenient in its approach. It is, at …

The Future of History: The Impending Reality of An Alternative Past

Political divisions were once all about spin. When presented with specific facts, polls or data sets, each Party created messaging most suitable to their base. And so the pendulum of political debate swung in a predictable pattern based on a commentary war. And while the Left and the Right still differentiate themselves based on created …

Lessons from The Donald’s Twittersphere

Full disclaimer: I know this article will only be read by those on the ‘liberal left’. The way we filter through, digest and distribute news today is inherently personalized and politicized. My followers - and those people I follow - largely come from a specific demographic segment who spends too much time on the Internet. …

What Atlanta can teach America

America’s greatness is not created in a Twitter profile. It’s not spoken at press conferences and cannot be written concisely into any one speech. But over the weekend, President-elect Trump took to Twitter to attack a great American - Rep. John Lewis - and the great American people he represents. By personally attacking a congressman, …

A Letter to our Fathers

It has been close to two months since election and I - like many of my peers - still can’t come up with the perfect written synopsis of how events unraveled. We’ve read reviews and opinion pieces; we’ve started to explore our own biases and place in the post-fact world. As a 24 year old …

Podcasting & Perfecting the Media Machine

My former morning routine looked something like - check email, refresh Twitter three times, part-read/part-skim/part-scroll over a dozen or so articles. Repeat and then finally head out the door. My new routine is much more streamlined - open up my podcast app and start getting ready for my day. Yes, I’m one of ‘those’ Millennials …

The worst kind of hate

Hate is hate. It is viscerally, numbingly concrete in its ability to render itself part of our daily lives. In days and weeks and years of struggle, it is easier to point out hate than any other human emotion.   Every page of human history has hate painted upon it by people and by institutions …

The Future of Writers

Writers are having an identity crisis. In recent weeks artificial intelligence took a stab at removing human writers from content creation and Facebook predicted the end of the craft all together. These headlines make it seem like the death of the writer is imminent - a casualty of machine learning and our desire for quick, …

On Vulnerability and Writing

The fear in writing comes from the exposure of our vulnerabilities. On an empty page our inner thoughts are judged; our ideas are deemed worthy based on on our ability to chose the right words and mold the correct phrases together. We attempt to crystallize experiences, capture moments, and tap into the collective memory all …

Backpacker’s Hymn

We travel on paths that millions have walked before to see things that countless lenses have already captured. But we go to see them for ourselves, allowing our vision to expand our mind. We travel to places that our parents could not and meet people our grandparents could not have imagined. We travel to feel …