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(07/13/20 7:09pm)
Arca's KiCk i is simultaneously the beginning, end, and continuation of multiple eras. The Venezuelan producer Alejandra Ghersi's past four albums, which mostly took the form of abstract electronica, with the notable exception of 2017's self–titled effort, lapsed toward an insular, isolated loneliness. Her prior works were more centered around her own personal growth rather than mass appeal; the music twisted and turned away from easily recognizable meaning and value. On KiCk i, appearing (for the first time) in a full–body shot on one of her album covers, Arca makes a gleefully genre–defying, compelling case for herself as the mutant popstar of 2020.
(06/29/20 11:13pm)
As protests supporting the Black Lives Matter movement began to gain traction a couple of weeks ago, business owners grew anxious about the repercussions that civil unrest could have on their properties. In response to this, many owners boarded up their storefronts in an attempt to prevent any sort of destruction.
(06/30/20 3:53pm)
In light of the protests in support of #BlackLivesMatter that have seized the nation, record labels (such as Republic Records) have taken action to fight racism within the music industry by removing the word 'urban' from their official terminology.
(07/07/20 12:07am)
As demonstrations continue across the United States and around the world in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, a number of celebrities, brands, and businesses have taken to social media to express both their support for the Black Lives Matter movement and their commitment to helping fight systemic racism. But while speaking up about important issues like these is important, many have questioned whether or not these statements of solidarity actually provide meaningful support Black Americans, citing how corporate America has repeatedly failed to address the role it plays in perpetuating inequality.
(06/30/20 4:02pm)
Being an almost–twenty–something back in my childhood home during quarantine, I feel that I’ve been given dreadfully limitless hours to think about my life. I've been grappling with changing relationships, growing into adulthood while staring into an incalculable future, reminiscing on times I’ve fallen in love and fallen out of it, and the list goes on.
(07/23/20 1:32am)
It’s been a long dry spell at Smokey Joe’s historic bar on 40th Street these past four months—no crowds gathering for Sink or Swim Wednesday nights; no green tea shots tossed back to mark 21st birthdays. In fact, no students at all to carry on the beloved traditions of the “Pennstitution.”
(07/03/20 6:33pm)
If anything is for certain these days, it’s that we’re living through “unprecedented times.” The coronavirus pandemic prompted a nationwide lockdown that left many Penn students stuck at home. Since the beginning of quarantine in mid-March, many people turned to creative outlets to blow off steam or quell looming boredom. Fresh sourdough bakeries, tie-dye pop up shops, and beaded bracelet factories cropped up in childhood bedrooms across the country.
(06/22/20 2:18pm)
“Look, if you are sad, you have to try not to be.”
(06/18/20 8:53pm)
The recent protests following the murder of George Floyd by four Minneapolis Police officers have focused on the urgent need to end the police brutality and violence directed at Black Americans. Yet the movement has encouraged activists to demand change and expose systemic racism and white supremacy in areas beyond the police.
(06/24/20 1:44pm)
In the last several weeks, student groups have been making an effort to circulate resources regarding the Black Lives Matter movement. Some of these groups, including the Penn Black Pre-Law Association, are compiling lists of classes for students to learn more about history and race dynamics at Penn.
(06/22/20 3:27pm)
“Law and Order: Special Victims Unit” has long been my favorite TV series. Back at Penn, I’d watch SVU curled up in bed on Friday afternoons, on the treadmill most mornings, and while I did my makeup before a night out. Last fall, I even gave in and purchased a Hulu subscription just so I could have access to all 21 seasons. That's 478 episodes, approximately 320 hours of the police procedural, for those of you keeping score at home. The show follows a cast of NYC detectives charged with handling the city’s most sensitive crimes, such as sexual assault, kidnapping, human trafficking, and domestic abuse.
(06/18/20 8:47pm)
Back in 2014, the electronica/jazz producer Steve Ellison (better known by his stage name Flying Lotus) released his thrilling fifth album, You're Dead!, a concept album about death. The themes of the album, particularly as they relate to Black men, are extremely prescient to the current national conversation about police brutality and #BlackLivesMatter. At the time it was released, critics saw the album as an irreverent philosophical meditation on death as a condition. It certainly can be read that way, but in light of the recent protests and riots that have sprung up around the country and world, You're Dead! has become urgently political and vital to this moment in time as protest music.
(06/18/20 11:03pm)
In the wake of George Floyd’s death in police custody, people throughout the United States and the world have rallied to protest police brutality. In addition to protesting, this recent attention to the systemic racism in the US has inspired people to swarm social media, sign petitions, reach out to their local officials, and donate to Black organizations. Divya Ramamurthy (W ’22), Simran Chand (C ’21), and Mahima Sangli (W, C ’23) wanted Penn Masti, the university's South Asian coed fusion dance team, to take part in the action.
(07/21/20 10:45am)
Growing up, I was the textbook definition of a bookworm, carrying a book everywhere I went à la Rory Gilmore. Whenever I started reading, I just couldn’t seem to put the book down— determined to discover what would happen next.
(07/13/20 6:01pm)
I really miss jeans. Specifically my favorite pair: dark washed, with two big pockets in the back, three brass buttons down the front, and a cropped flare on each leg. I haven’t worn them since March—it’s now June.
(06/17/20 11:46pm)
The murder of George Floyd at the hands of the police in Minneapolis has sparked outrage across the United States and beyond, serving as the spark that ignited protests over years of police brutality and discrimination towards the Black community.
(06/11/20 3:45pm)
On Monday morning, June 1, Lexi Lewis (C '23) left the quiet cobblestone alleys of Penn’s campus, alone. The outdoor diners and open air store fronts that usually mark early June in Philadelphia were shuttered as she passed 30th Street Station, the glittering Schuylkill River, and Rittenhouse Square. Side–by–side with Lexi, Philadelphians streamed toward City Hall, breaking the city's eerie COVID–19–era silence for the first time in months.
(06/17/20 11:08pm)
In a recent interview with the New York Times, Naeem Juwan (previously known as Spank Rock, now going by the mononym Naeem) claimed his latest album, Startisha, took almost five years to make. The amount of time, dedication, and care poured into this album is immediately evident: every song, verse, and bar is expertly crafted.
(06/14/20 12:50am)
After the pared–down intimacies of the soundtrack from A Star is Born and 2016's Joanne, the reigning queen of dance pop makes an overdue return to the floor-filling dance-pop that made her famous in the first place, pleasing the girls and gays the world over. Although the record faced delays to due to the COVID-19 outbreak, it was finally released on May 29th (in the midst of protests stemming from the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police). Chromatica is pure camp and high theatrics—like the best of Gaga's work—only this time it's plastered in hot pink and doused in poppers.
(06/22/20 3:21pm)
As the fight to end systemic racism rages on, protesters in all 50 states and around the world are calling for an end to police brutality and for justice in the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and innumerable others. People everywhere are signing petitions, devoting their dollars to organizations committed to combating racial injustice, contacting their elected officials, educating themselves and others, and filling up their social media real–estate with posts promoting the cause.
