Anuli Akanegbu

Dec 24, 2020

“We Did Not Choose Who Colonized Us”

Why the Academy’s Disqualification of Lionheart Was a Form of Linguicism — NOTE: I thought the following paper I wrote last year for my Cinema Studies final is particularly relevant to the conversation about the decision made by The Golden Globes to put Minari, Lee Isaac Chung’s semi-autobiographical film about a Korean American family in 1980s Arkansas, in the Best Foreign Language…

Academy Awards

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Academy Awards

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Dec 18, 2020

What OnlyFans Can Teach Us about the Evolving Role of Pleasure in Work

If I were a betting person then I would guess that the most popular ice breaker question in any room of adults is, “So, what do you do?” This question has become a shorthand for “Who are you?” that people use to determine whether or not the other person is…

Gig Economy

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What OnlyFans Can Teach Us about the Evolving Role of Pleasure in Work

Gig Economy

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·Oct 4, 2019

How the Year 2007 Made Lil Nas X’s Meteoric Rise Possible

Tiffany ‘New York’ Pollard, YouTube, and Soundcloud created the environment for ‘Old Town Road’ to become a hit — Lil Nas X was correct to compare his life to a movie in the lyrics of his hit song “Old Town Road.” The “country-trap” earworm has now catapulted the 20-year-old rapper from relative obscurity into record-breaking fame. Not only has the genre-bending song officially achieved diamond certification (10 million units…

Music

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How the Year 2007 Made Lil Nas X’s Meteoric Rise Possible

Music

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