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The virtues of cultivating imagination in your daily life
Everyday, there are new articles about how cellphones have disconnected us as human beings and how the usage of language has deteriorated over time. We all use abbreviations we would not have imagined using a little more than a decade ago. As a writer, it certainly infuriates me when someone types, “U” instead of “you”…
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Does The College of Wooster music scene exist?
Last week, James May published an article in the Voice highlighting many of Wooster’s musically talented students. The article did valuable work, exposing the public to eight individuals involved in the Wooster soundscape. To these ends, I agree. Wooster has a lot of student musicians that are worth recognizing. But what entitles us to say…
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Learning from Beyoncé’s “Formation”
Most of us know that Beyoncé made the world stop — again — with the release of her new single and video, “Formation.” Contrary to the reactions Beyoncé’s work typically evokes, Beyoncé has received major criticism surrounding some of the themes in her video. As a black womyn, connected with many black womyn across the…
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Feminism is not a competition: demanding justice for all
The other day, I overheard a few well-educated and cultured peers of mine talking about contemporary feminist movements. One individual brought up the movement for allowing American girls to wear tank tops in school without administrative consequences. Before she could even finish her thought, a group of her friends shut her down, outraged that their…
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Artists have a responsibility in promoting social change
In a world where hashtags like #BlackLivesMatter or #QueerLivesMatter constantly fill our Twitter and Facebook feeds, there is no doubt that the media plays an instrumental role in the perpetuation or dismantling of harmful stereotypes that plague our communities. It is through this platform that millennials, or anyone really, can have their voices heard and…
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Voice editors rant: find out what’s bothering us
Compassion/convenience I volunteer at a breakfast program and it’s important AF. It’s generally a good thing to push yourself to go meet others who are otherwise invisible to you on a daily basis. It’s frustrating to have people be into breakfast until they realize it is at 7:30 a.m. It’s this reluctance to inconvenience ourselves…
