A Look in Osc's Brain

Yesterday, I saw a TMZ headline: "Duct-taped banana sells for $6.2 million at art auction." People called it ridiculous. "Modernism has ruined art," they said. While some dismissed it as stupid, someone raked up millions for it. And that's precisely the power that I have found in creativity: not everyone needs to understand it. Growing up, I didn’t understand my creativity. I couldn’t draw but I was always told how creative I was. My twin brother and I once took an old sofa

Here are some of my thoughts on the book, The Bomber Mafia, by Malcolm Gladwell. Gladwell, M. (2021). The Bomber Mafia: A dream, a temptation, and the longest night of the Second World War. Little, Brown and Company. The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell Is war acceptable?  This is one of the most thrilling yet puzzling questions that have haunted philosophers, students, and shower thoughts for hundreds, if not thousands of years. According to the Just War theory, the inheren

Milchick in Severance on Apple TV Background: I spent this weekend submerged in Severance on Apple TV, one episode bleeding into the next until I lost track of time. But my mind keeps returning to Milchick. Milchick serves as one of the main antagonists, where he is a manager of the Severed Floor. He is the middle man between the evil boss, Cobel, and the 4 workers. But Milchick is a loyal member of the company, and willing to go to extreme lengths to climb the corporate lad

Since the beginning of the progressive movement, one of the key focuses has been stopping the political influence of large corporations. The Gilded Age saw a rise in large corporations and political tycoons like Rockefeller and Carnegie. This era saw industrial giants using corruption to shape politics to favor their interests. Scandals and unequal policies made this issue more and more apparent, culminating in widespread disapproval of corporate political influence. In the P

This is a research paper that I completed on a full-ride scholarship with Pioneer Academics under the guidance of NYU Media Studies Professor Chyng Feng-Sun. Abstract Recently, media coverage and viewership of women’s sports have been rising. This rise has exposed issues of gender inequality within sports. This is especially evident by the large pay disparities between men’s and women’s sports. This article investigates the media portrayals and societal perceptions of the fig