Appreciate. Celebrate. Elevate.
Those are some of the key tenets that guide More Than Different, a lifestyle brand founded by Emerson men’s basketball guard Brendan McNamara and his brother, Colin....
By Jackson Bailey, Staff Writer, Living Arts July 2, 2023
The Writer’s Guild of America has been on strike since early May over labor disputes due to poor compensation. The strike has paused numerous film and television productions and revealed how unfairly...
“Las tres causales,” or “the three causes,” is the never-ending debate that has hundreds of thousands of Dominican women dressed in green protesting for their right to abortion.
The nearly...
By Hadera McKay, Content Managing Editor March 2, 2023
On Thursday, Feb. 23, the third season of the global sensation “Outer Banks” was released on Netflix. The action-packed family show follows a group of North Carolina teens led by protagonist John B....
In late January, Twitch streamer Brandon Ewing, known by his online alias “Atrioc,” was exposed during one of his live streams for paying for and watching a deep fake porn of his colleagues that included...
By Bryan Liu, Assistant Opinion Editor February 23, 2023
I hate CC100: Foundations of Speech Communications—and that has nothing to do with my teacher or my classmates; it’s me, hi, I’m the problem, it’s me. I’m just too good at public speaking.
I...
By Roma Welsh, Beacon Correspondent February 23, 2023
“La La Land” is officially coming to Broadway—a decision that inevitably reflects another shallow cash grab musical by production giants and offers little depth past an audience member's simple joy...
By Rachel Choi, Multimedia Managing Editor February 22, 2023
Recently, the entertainment industry has been oddly obsessed with single dads. From video-game-to-series adaptations like “The Last of Us” to the original “The Mandalorian,” modern entertainment...
By Shreya Partha, Beacon Correspondent February 22, 2023
Constructive conversations about mental health seemed unattainable to me as a naïve twelve-year-old. Any mention of mental health was quickly silenced by dismissive remarks from the adults in my life....
By Riley Nemes, Beacon Correspondent February 15, 2023
In recent years, K-pop’s popularity has skyrocketed around the world as Korean pop groups break billboard records in the Western entertainment industry. In 2022, a handful of K-pop artists, including...
Pamela Anderson, a media personality who took the ‘90s by storm, is finally telling her own story. Last year, Hulu released a biopic series called “Pam and Tommy,” recounting the tumultuous relationship...
It’s time to stop pretending like there’s anything “advanced” about Advanced Placement classes. Let’s leave the College Board in the past where it belongs.
Right after Florida’s Department...
By Rachel Choi, Multimedia Managing Editor February 15, 2023
J.K. Rowling, possibly the most renowned TERF (trans-exclusionary radical feminist) to exist within our youth’s cultural sphere, has been given yet another money bag through her new role-playing video...
In the age of reboots and remakes, Hollywood's latest victim is none other than MTV’s classic “Teen Wolf,” which has already been revived twice: both as a movie and a spin-off tv series.
Written...
By Liz Gómez, Beacon Correspondent February 1, 2023
When I first visited Emerson in 2022, my tour guide told me “mental health is a priority at this college and we offer many resources for students to access and...
Within the Latine community, the criticism of non-Spanish speaking individuals—often referred to as ‘no sabo kids’—is nothing new. The scrutiny faced by ‘no sabo kids’ across social media shows...
When I came to Boston this past September, I learned something about how relative the idea of “the South” vs. “the North” is. In Virginia, where I grew up, my friends and I rarely regard ourselves...
By Bryan Liu , Assistant Opinion Editor January 25, 2023
“Fight Club” is not a movie about fighting.
Author Chuck Palaniuk says “it’s about two men and a woman, and one man, the hero, is shot to death”—which is literally The Great Gatsby. To...
By Ryan Yau, Assistant Living Arts Editor January 25, 2023
When James Cameron announced that the “Avatar” sequels had set release dates, internet discourse commenced about the original movie’s cultural impact—or perceived lack thereof.
Doubters noted...
By Hadera McKay , Content Managing Editor January 25, 2023
Dear Emerson College Social Media Manager,
Did your finger slip on the post button? Were you only half-awake? Were you in a rush to get to the labor-free day that my ancestors paid for in generational...
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