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Emma H. Lu
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Artist Profile: Sarah and the Sundays, Making Music for Every Day
For Sarah and the Sundays, being a band is truly a unique life experience. As Yorgensen put it, “how many people get to be that loud in their lifetime?”
‘Octopus Murders’ Premiere Review: A Conspiracy Through New Eyes
Through ample expository intrigue and hope for payoff, Treitz and Hansen are able to renew an extensively theorized, decade-old story.
Is Art Evidence? Rap’s Right in Court
This rejection of rap as a legitimate art form is indicative of a much wider ignorance of the genre, as well as its overlooked historical context in society.
‘Only a Voice’ Review: An Accessible, but Incomplete Investigation into Modernity
In this collection of essays, Scialabba is able to infuse character into his steady prose.
Artist Profile: ‘Model Peril’ Pulls AAPI History to the Present
With its enthralling, yet sobering, effect, “Model Peril” brings light to histories of American people that have nearly been all but erased.
‘Boston Strangler’ Review: A Murder Mystery with Meaning
“Boston Strangler” goes beyond a simple murder mystery, highlighting the struggles of ambitious women in the workplace and the uncertainty of justice.
‘COINTELSHOW’ Review: An Ironic and Innovative Look into FBI Interference
“COINTELSHOW” offered a masterful, creative use of a virtual setting, but other elements left much to be desired.
In Photos: Lupe Fiasco at Harvard Law School
A Grammy award-winning rapper and a visiting scholar at MIT, Lupe Fiasco led an event for Harvard Law School affiliates to learn about the Royal Game of Ur this March.
Does ‘Avatar’ Use Blueface? Cultural Appropriation and White Saviorism in Film
The casting of predominantly white actors for characters based on people of color serves as an act of appropriation some have dubbed as “blueface.”
Artist Profile: Alfie Templeman Soaring with New Album ‘Mellow Moon’
Templeman points out a certain freedom in learning to play music, not by the instruction of a book, but by the personal will of the artist.