by ARHuelsenbeck From some of the greatest minds of literature:

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by S.E. White As in: flawed, yet awesome. No one wants to read boring perfection. I’ll list my top two favorite female literary characters, straight off the top of my head, to start making my point:

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by Samantha Fenton It’s important to grasp the whole of any character you’re writing. You, as the author, should know your characters better than anyone — even the readers. An author notices every quirk, step, and glance a character ever makes. After all, the author is the sole creator: the god. As I’m […]

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by Lauren Sapala One of the first things a writer learns is about the power—and the challenge—of the rewrite. For those writers who assume that everything Ernest Hemingway wrote flowed perfectly out of his pen on the very first try, the illusion is shattered. The more experience a writer gains, the more they […]

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The following post is a final project I completed for my Digital Cinematography course at UCLA. It includes a cinematographic analysis of the sci-fi thriller Ex Machina. Ex Machina is an underrated cinematic masterpiece released by the joint efforts of director Alex Garland and the indie trailblazers of A24, which tells the story of Caleb, […]

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I recently fell in love with the tv show Community that for some reason I never watched when it was being produced. There are plenty of things I could write about when it comes to Community, (and I probably will) but I decided I wanted to discuss all the fun adventures they went on throughout […]

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Recently I redeveloped my list of favorite films, coming up with the 101 movies I love the most (at least for the moment). I shared this via Youtube video here and via series of blogposts starting here. Take your pick, the choice is yours. Now that’s all out there and official, I thought I’d take […]

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Some Disney fans are hoping to convince the company to overhaul one of its most popular attractions to remove racist references. If they succeed, it wouldn’t be the first time Disney has tweaked an attraction in the face of changing societal norms and shifting attitudes. A petition on Change.org that has collected over 21,000 signatures […]

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Published 13 hours ago The #SayHerName movement spotlighting forgotten women killed by police is also emblematic of being a Black woman in America. (In)visible Portraits, Oge Egbuonu’s feature directorial debut, reinforces that awareness and explores generations of otherizing Black women. “This documentary is a timeless piece,” Egbuonu tells BET.com “It’s also a think piece. It’s…

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Being an ally is active, not passive. It sounds absurd now, but I’ve only just internalised that you can’t rely on simply knowing that you’re a person with good intentions who isn’t racist, sexist, misogynistic, transphobic, homophobic, xenophobic, ableist. Because allyship isn’t about intention. Because declaring “I am an ally” is insufficient. Listening is vital […]

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