by jstewardfree | Apr 29, 2020 | Contemporary Culture, Grey Matter
By Deanna Briody | (Source) “How can I find you on Facebook?” “I don’t have one.” Shock. Incomprehension. Even more than usual. Marwa’s lively brown eyes were clouded with concern. When she spoke, her voice was hushed, almost strained: “Why not?” How in half a...
by jstewardfree | Apr 23, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Marjorie Romeyn-Sanabria | Suey Park, a 23-year-old self-professed activist known on Twitter for the hashtag #NotYourAsianSidekick, which provided Asian women a space to discuss and vent the limiting and often stereotyped perceptions of Asians in popular culture,...
by jstewardfree | Jan 10, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Janie B. Cheaney | The emergence of the ‘selfie’ tells us a lot about ourselves Last month it was revealed: The Oxford English Dictionary’s “Word of the Year” (WotY) for 2013 is selfie, referring to a self-portrait taken with a smartphone. This year’s word got some...
