Tag: Discourse

Examining the Discourse of Non-Places in Capitalist Society through “Signal Z”

The exhibition “Signal Z,” held at the Taipei Museum of Contemporary Art in 2023, shares a remarkable resemblance with the museum’s previous exhibition in 2020, “Liquid Love.”(液態之愛) Both exhibitions are rooted in Zygmunt Bauman’s concept of “liquid m...

5 Racist Phrases To Remove From Our Civil Discourse

Down South, you hear a lot of racist speech, and we hear it so early in life that we often don't realize where these phrases come from. But, despite the learning curve, we shouldn't be so naive as to believe no one means to cause harm when they chew the fat. Trump, for instance,&nb...

Decolonizing the Discourse: The UN in Africa a failure by design

Earlier today, I found myself engulfed by a profound wave of anxiety while tuned into the live stream of the UN General Security meeting. The anticipation of witnessing whether the participation of nearly 100 countries, the minimum required to overturn a single veto from the USA, would come to fruit...

Further Discourse on the Higher Meaning of Going to Casinos and Strip Clubs on Psychedelics

My life has been different from others in a number of key ways. One of the very critical ways in which this is so, one of the most critical being that when I was 19 I matriculated at Eugene Lang College in New York, a subsidiary liberal arts college of the New School in Downtown New York that had so...

Balletcore: The Evolution of Coquette and the Presence of Sandy Liang in Modern Discourse

Girls from any aesthetic can now be seen adding bows to anything that can hold them, from tote bags to purses to jeans to shoes. It brings a warm sensation to my chest as a woman myself to observe this unanimous tribute to being a girl and being feminine, all united by a single pink ribbon. Common a...