Lopez is a CSUDH alumnus who studied music and now works as a sound engineer. Photo courtesy of José Lopez. By Nova Blanco-Rico, Art Director and Staff Writer For a year after college, California State University, Dominguez Hills’ alumnus, José Lopez, was following his passion for audio recording. But then the pandemic hit and like […]
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I’m Black but My Spotify Wrapped 2020 is All White
I have collected the infinity stones of white modern pop-rock music. Screengrab from Spotify by Destiny Jackson. By Destiny Jackson, Opinion Editor As a citizen of the Black community who occasionally shops at gentrified ass places like Whole Foods, Mother’s Market, or at The Grove in Los Angeles, I know I’m an outlier. This is […]
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Men Are Mad Because They Can No Longer Exploit Female Sexuality
Cardi B and Megan thee Stallion in their Youtube video “WAP.” Photo cred: Screenshot from Youtube. By Yeymy Garcia, Production Editor When I watched the release of the “WAP” music video by Cardi B ft. Megan thee Stallion last Friday, I was upset by how much Cardi B was rapping and not enough Megan. I […]
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How K-pop Stans Became Superpoliticized
K-pop fans at a Got7 Concert at The Forum. Photo by Jasmine Nguyen By Jasmine Nguyen, Editor-in-Chief There’s always a pit in my stomach when I see the words “K-pop Stans” trending on Twitter or in a headline. Maybe it’s due to flashbacking to my very intense phase of enjoying Korean idols and pop culture […]
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2020: The Year of Cancellation
By Andrea Mendez, Staff Reporter Some can agree that 2020 is turning out to be one for the books. Since the beginning of the year, a series of unfortunate events have unraveled before our very eyes. The funny thing is that we really believed 2020 was going to be the year we got our shit […]