Hadera McKay Archives

An Open Letter to Emerson’s Social Media Manager

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...

The original ‘Gossip Girl’ ate up Thanksgiving episodes

By Hadera McKay, Content Managing Editor
November 16, 2022

Thanksgiving—along with being one of the more deeply-offensive and antiquated colonial holidays celebrated in this God-forsaken country—is also a time for unbridled family chaos. Drunk aunts overshare...

Acknowledging Black rappers goes beyond listening to their music.

By Hadera McKay, Content Managing Editor
November 2, 2022

On Tuesday, Nov. 1, Kirshnik Kari Ball, better known as rapper Takeoff, was shot and killed outside of a bowling alley in Houston. As a talented technician and one-third of the popular rap group, Migos,...

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