What the Presley Family Taught Me About Generational Healing
I am reminded that I am not alone in my own journey towards healing. I have someone I can look up to for all the reasons I need my own hero. Though, the greatest gift I can give back is not to call Keough a hero, but to call her a human. In doing that, someone like me becomes human, too.
GAZA: To Kill A People Is to Kill Their Culture
If we lose the spaces that tell our stories, that remind us of our humanity, we lose ourselves. When we destroy all the beautiful things, it’s difficult to find the will to live in a world that is dark and gray. It’s difficult to live without reminders of one’s own beauty.
The Piano Lesson: Memory is the Thing
The field of historic preservation in America still tends to prioritizes architectural significance over cultural significance in important places. The West also prioritizes written history over oral history, and oppressor history over those that have been oppressed. What do you do when preserving your culture is a call and response instead of a thesis, when it’s carved into a piano instead of documented on paper?
Post-Election Statement
The only way to live forever is through history, memory, and shared traditions. We commit to highlighting all the ways you create meaning in YOUR life. All the beautiful things. Whatever waits for us on the next page is a reality we can and will face together.
In Gumbo, I Trust
Gumbo is all of these things; it’s a Creole stew emblematic of every culinary culture in Louisiana, specifically in New Orleans, one of this country’s greatest port cities. It’s a literal melting pot and tells some of this country’s truest histories. As a result, my trust is earned.
Two Angelenos Meet Inside Lana Del Rey’s L.A.
One local and one transplant discuss the Lana Del Rey's connection to Los Angeles, the city as a lover, and their own connections to this baroque-pop narrative. For irony’s sake, they meet outside of Los Angeles. In Pasadena.
How To Be A Witch in Los Angeles
Here are the ingredients for a specific kind of spell, one that will transform you into a witch of Los Angeles. Happy haunting!
Preserving Worlds Inside Screens: The Case For Video Games
I hold on to games like Pokemon or Animal Crossing to hold on to my memories and to places I can only see when I press play. It’s always been hard to identify buildings that I would be devastated to see torn down, but if I lost my Pokemon games, that would devastate me. Losing these games would mean losing something intangible, something intrinsically attached to a time or feeling.