Origin Story Pt. 2: I Am From The In-Between
Coastal culture, port culture is uniquely transferable. The people who exist where water and land meet are a specific kind of people. They swashbuckle, they swear, they are hearty deviants. They run rampant on the wings of waves and flagrant sexual innuendo. They are salty bohemians, accepting of every walk of life that arrives into port.
Origin Story Pt.1: Los Angeles Borderlands
When you live on the borders
in the ephemeral, there is no comfort in place.
There is only comfort in being.
Abbott Elementary Educates Us On Difficult History
Abbott Elementary tackles "difficult" history in Season 3, Episode 6, titled "Willard R. Abbott". This episode’s writer (Ava Coleman) did an excellent job portraying a way to deal with problematic legacies, the importance (or lack thereof) of designation and plaques, rifling through layers of history + finding gems, and remembering that ultimately, people are what makes places important.
American Fiction: Who Gets to Tell What Stories?
Generally, white publishers look for stories of Black trauma. The stories themselves are not a problem; they are valid because they are often rooted in reality. Telling these stories only becomes a problem when they are the only stories being told. American Fiction brings light to the complicated nature of publishing or making art while Black in a late capitalist world.
brat Summer: A Case for Charli XCX Changing the Course of History
A British pop star dropped a vomit green album of bangers this summer and she may have just saved democracy. The Brits have played their final hand against us, revolutionaries across the pond. One if by land, two if by Charli XCX.
Yelling “Woo Love!” at a Dockweiler Beach Bonfire
Surfing and film photography come together and reflect one another during an epic Dockweiler Beach Bonfire.
Parks and Recreation Re-Enact A Historic Preservation Win
The Grizzl arc from Parks and Recreation is a remarkable example of a historic preservation win-win situation, where not only is parkland preserved, but adaptive reuse becomes part of the solution and a legacy business is saved from an unfeeling developer.
It’s the freakin’ Catalina Wine Mixer!
Arguably, Stepbrothers, this silly movie many of us know and love completely transformed the reality of Catalina Island and its tourism industry.