by Nicole Chavez At the Asian American Cultural Center (AACC) Welcome Reception last Thursday, music and students flowed out of the wooden doors of 295 Crown Street. Balancing their teetering paper plates piled with Asian cuisine, the students who call this old house home talk animatedly with friends. An hour into the event, after everyone…
by Sonny Stephens and Fernando Torres When Fetty Wap released “Trap Queen” we were introduced to an amazing artist with a unique look and artistry. “Trap Queen” captures the essence of popular rap with unique lyrics, clever references, and distinctive vocals. Fetty Wap’s breakthrough song quickly rose to the top of the Billboard Hot 100,…
by Sonny Stephens Forty-three desks covered Cross Campus on Saturday in recognition of the one-year anniversary of the disappearance of 43 Mexican students of the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College. A candlelit vigil was held that evening, where Yalies stood in solidarity with the disappeared students and called for what organizers described as “memory, truth, and…
by Eleanor Pritchett The little pink magic marker in my hand seems too light for the heaviness of the task in front of me. Draw a moment when you’ve felt unsafe. Suddenly I can’t think. This room in the New Haven Public Library full of young queer and trans* New Haveners is such a safe…
by Alexis Payne The Sapphire. The Mammy. The Jezebel. The Sapphire. The Mammy. The Jezebel….The media, like a broken record, plays this same, sad song again and again. It seems these are the only identities available for Black girls in America. In an industry dominated by white executives, white producers, and white writers, narratives that…