A Celebration With Friends
Photo by Erica Yab By Erica Yab I created the set in my garage over the span of two days. Everything is over the top, sparkly, girly and everything I ever dreamed of as a kid. I took reference from the teaser images and track posters for the Special Album: Hello from Park Soo-young. The Sanrio…
The Problem With the Makeover Trope
Photo by Kleigh Balugo By Brigita Przybylski ** Warning: Spoilers ahead! ** A woman takes off her glasses, lets down her hair and… BOOM! Magically she’s attractive. Whenever a wardrobe montage or makeover scene comes on screen, I roll my eyes. Not only is the makeover trope in movies dated and offensive, it leads audiences…
The Sweet Release
Photo by Greta Unetich By Greta Unetich (Title after Iain S. Thomas’s poem The Sweet Release) I am so tired I start to doze off, my head on your living room floor next to a pile of Scrabble tiles, curled up like a cat On an ottoman. I am so tired that the bath towel…
The Girl With the Radiant Smile
Photo by Charlene Gonzales By Charlene Gonzales You see her walking, And she smiles at you. The girl with the radiant smile. Her eyes shine like the sun, As she helps others one by one. The girl with the radiant smile. You see her walking and she stops, Noticing a girl who was weeping. She…
Beyond Skin Tone
Photo by Tracy Fuentes By Tracy Fuentes “I saw you playing outside, under the sun,” my mom would angrily say when she picked me up after school. I listened as she drove our red minivan home. “I told you to stay in the shade!” She would say this a couple of times a week when…
Kindergarten 