pop culture – Confluence

The Metronome

by Jack HelfrichPosted on June 3, 2021Advanced Writing CourseCriticism

I do not practice with a metronome because I want to become a better drummer. I practice with a metronome to practice focusing. To practice pretending that the world is objective. To meditate.

Together at the Movies

by Vincent AgnelloPosted on May 18, 2021May 18, 2021Advanced Writing CourseCreative Nonfiction

My nickname is, in many ways, a stowaway from another life. The simple, happy life that my mom and dad had built in the Rockaways of Queens.

Cultural Entrepreneurship

by Saransh Desai-Chowdhry and Jonathan SonnenbergPosted on May 14, 2021May 14, 2021AudioStudent Publications

Episode 3 of Nucleus: The Confluence Podcast. "There’s value in the power of certain artists realizing that the market has that influence, and using it to their advantage."

I Remember

by Lizzie MathaisPosted on March 16, 2021March 11, 2021Creative NonfictionFirst-Year Writing Seminar

I remember burying the seeds every time I ate an apple. They never grew into apple trees. I remember going to the airport for fun. I remember, on Thompson Street, the moment they called the 2020 presidential race. I remember the way my childhood home smelled when it was completely empty.

Editor’s Note, A Seat at Our Table

by Shatima JonesPosted on February 20, 2021February 20, 2021Interdisciplinary SeminarResearch

Writing and research from Shatima Jones's interdisciplinary seminars, “(De)Tangling the Business of Black Women’s Hair” and “Black Experiences in Literature, Movies, and Television,” published in honor of Black History Month, 2021.

Redefining Femininity

by Nina AhmadiPosted on February 14, 2021February 12, 2021Interdisciplinary SeminarResearch

How Janelle Monáe and Syd of The Internet subvert expectations of Black, queer womanhood

Gazes on Black Hair and Beauty

by Shatima JonesPosted on February 7, 2021February 5, 2021Interdisciplinary SeminarResearch

The second installment of "A Seat at Our Table," featuring “Modeling Race” by Netanya Ronn, “Redefining Black Beauty” by Tatyana Tandanpolie, “Blackness and Colorism in Kenya Barris’s Productions” by Britney Agyen, “Pelo Bueno/Pelo Malo” by Melany Canela, and “White Parents, Black Hair" by Rachel Goulston.

Blackness and Colorism in Kenya Barris’s Productions

by Britney AgyenPosted on February 7, 2021February 5, 2021Interdisciplinary SeminarResearch

How is skin color treated in "Black-ish," "Grown-ish," and "Mixed-ish"?

The Senses of “bad guy”

by Emily Von UrffPosted on November 2, 2020Advanced Writing CourseCreative Nonfiction

On synesthesia and understanding the genius of Billie Eilish

The Woes of the Flower-Boy Image

by Sammy TavassoliPosted on March 3, 2020May 5, 2020First-Year Writing SeminarResearch

An Evaluation of South Korean Masculinities

Gender Expression for Black Queer Women

by Lauren Stockmon BrownPosted on February 21, 2020July 13, 2020Interdisciplinary SeminarResearch

How are Willow Smith and Janelle Monáe doing gender expression in their music videos?

Yellowface

by David HuangPosted on April 12, 2019April 15, 2021Advanced Writing CourseCreative Nonfiction

Some point down the line, an awareness manifested that I was not a part of the American ideal, or rather, that something bigger believed that I was not a part of the American ideal.