In Japan’s Shinto tradition, the natural world holds deep spiritual significance. Mountain peaks, ancient cedar groves, and rushing rivers are believed to be... Read More
I’m sure we’ve all heard about the possibility of TikTok being banned in January. The United States government has raised concerns about the threat to nation... Read More
The poem’s title, “Your Dog Dies”, written by Raymond Carver, sounds like it would entail something depressing and heartbreaking, but something about the blu... Read More
How much are you willing to risk in the pursuit of perfection? Where is the line drawn between tough coaching and abuse, and how blurry can that line be? Amb... Read More
In the past two issues of Cultural Resonance, you may have noticed a recurring pattern: the physical construction of musical instruments often symbolizes var... Read More
Although semantic encoding sounds like a highly complex term, its definition is actually rather simple: it’s a memorization method where additional, personal... Read More
TW: discusses statistics about mental health illnesses and self-harm
Welcome to Ignorance is My Privilege, a column dedicated to breaking down the ignoran... Read More
While my last article, “Where BookTok Falls Short” talked about my pessimism about not seeing any book recommendations that “push us to face uncomfortable tr... Read More
For several centuries, Spain was not controlled by Spaniards.
In 711, the Arabic-speaking Umayyad dynasty from North Africa—also known as the Moors—crosse... Read More
Last summer, my family and I flew four long hours on a plane to Cancún, Mexico, to escape the chaos of East Coast shenanigans and to indulge in Mexican Coke–... Read More
In 2023, the Writers Guild for America (WGA) and the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) put Hollywood on hol... Read More
Mary Oliver’s poem “The World I Live In” clocks in at only two stanzas:
“I have refused to live
locked in the orderly house of
reasons and proofs.
... Read More
