By Melissa Mora Since coming into existence in the early 1800s, psychiatry has sparked quite the controversy. It’s been seen as a relationship between doctor and patient of unequal power, where the doctor is able to manipulate the mentally ill patient. For years, psychiatry has been thought of as a coercive method of oppression. This …
By Melissa Mora Stares, whispers, people I used to call friends slowly disassociating themselves from me – I’ve experienced it all. As an openly bisexual woman, I’ve had to learn to recognize my safe spaces through some unfortunate experiences. School, work, home: good. Grocery stores, movie theatres, airports, especially airports: not so good. It didn’t …
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By Melissa Mora We’ve all seen Netflix’s Someone Great and cried our eyes out because Gina Rodriguez’s performance felt way too real and just hit a little too close to home. All great actors can turn it on and off for the camera. Unfortunately for Rodriguez, she must have forgotten to turn it off. On …
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By Melissa Mora Following the pop star’s overdose, Demi Lovato has made her best effort to stay off of what we can all agree is the most toxic place in the world: social media. Lovato has been gone from Twitter since February and rarely posts on Instagram, with the exception of special occasions. One of …
By Melissa Mora It’s no secret that Disney has recently stepped up their game by turning some of their classics into live-action films, from Aladdin and The Lion King to the newly announced: Mulan and The Little Mermaid. From the moment it was revealed that there would be a remake of The Little Mermaid, the …
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