Lately, I have been thinking about some of the modern debates that reside outside of politics, and two debates that came to mind are those revolving around religion and monogamy. In both cases, you have those who are seemingly on the side of science, and those on the other side who defend the status quo…
The Merits of Hollywood Film in Writing Literary Fiction
I find that most of the great works of literature that are touted by the intellectual elite are often long, arduous books written in language that is either difficult to understand, overly stylistic, orsomehowmaligned by too much literary meddling. I have a deeply-held belief that if a work is not easily accessible to the general…
A Writer's Pitfall: Art Imitating Life
They say that life imitates art. This might be true. But it's also true that art imitates life. After all, artists can do no better than to draw on their own life experience and to create works that interpret some form of the world—that is, some form of life—through their own unique (and many times…
Kate Bolick's Flawed Portrait of Modern Female Singlehood
In the November 2011 issue of The Atlantic, Ms Kate Bolick paints us a picture of the current state of marriage for women in America in her article All The Single Ladies. A glimpse into modern feminist life, it is a comprehensive article that weaves her personal experiences with anecdotes and grounds itself in sociology.…
On The Truest Measure of Acceptance: Racial Boundaries
Several weeks ago, I went to the Children's Museum of Manhattan with my aunt and uncle and their two children. Located in the posh Upper West Side, the museum was open for free that day. As such, therewerean innumerable number of people in attendance. After spending hours upon hours amongst the crowds of young children…
