Lia Thomas, a transgendered female competitive swimmer for the University of Pennsylvania has been the center of a lot of controversies recently.
This controversy comes soon after he placed 1st in the NCAA national championship in the woman’s 500-yard freestyle event. Many worry that allowing biological males, who have transitioned to females via hormone therapy, competing in women's events...
The sport of boxing, since its existence going back to the late 1800's, has always possessed weight classes, determined on the mass of the fighters competing. These limits are set in place to ensure that there are no massive size differences between two fighters in a bout (for example, a 130 lb. fighter facing a 200 lb. fighter). Originally,...
In the early 1900s, the sport of boxing was in its archaic age. Lack of regulation and oversight made boxing an extremely dangerous and unglamorous job. Rampant racism also made it difficult for black fighters to earn fair shots at boxing championships or earn wages as high as their white counterparts.
It was in this unfulfilling, lawless, and cruel world...
Your phone dings. A notification pops up. A Snapchat or a new Instagram post from your friend. You then check and like their post, or look at their profile, or do anything but leave social media.
Often, people scroll through their phones for hours harmlessly, without realizing the subliminal impacts of looking at social media. While social media unites people...
He's most productive away from the office. He made his name watching a couple of slightly distinct birds. In his later years, his beard was particularly impressive. He is one of the most prominent scientists in the world.
At this point, most even somewhat versed in science can guess who I'm depicting: Charles Darwin. Sailing to the Galapagos Islands in...
Isle of Dogs (2018), is the newest stop-motion animation film from famed director Wes Anderson, known for such works as The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), and Rushmore (1998).Â
 Isle of Dogs is Wes Anderson's second stop-motion animation film. His first, Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), is an adaptation of the famous children's book written by Roal Dahl. Fantastic Mr. Fox was praised by many for its...
When I first went to find images to include in this article, I simply typed in "The Truman Show." The search results began loading in and one thing immediately caught my eye. Beneath the movie's title, the search engine had categorized the 1998 film as a Drama/Fantasy. Twenty years ago, the story of Truman Burbank, a man whose life...
Spoilers for Ghost in the Shell are present.
Connor Thomas wrote a phenomenal piece about "Racism in Film: Movies and Society Part 8." In it he mentioned that "in no other place can racism project itself across so many people's minds"Â so blatantly. He provided an excellent analysis of the history and overall trends set in Hollywood and some harrowing statistics....
