Advanced Essay Workshop/ENGL 2270
 

A Winters Story

This review is about Fuyunohanashi (Winter’s Story) in the anime and manga Given. This review has the themes of suicide and depression. This is a trigger warning to anyone who may have problems or is struggling with these themes. The suicide hotline is 800-273-8255. Please reach out if you need help.   Fuyunohanashi  is a beautiful song insert track performed by …

Qinniart Review

Art is always for the viewers’ interpretation, but the artist can make their artwork mean the same thing but allow the viewer to input their own personal experience no matter what the artwork displays. Qing Han who was popularly known as Qinniart did this beautifully with each artwork that she produced.  Qing was diagnosed with Mitral Stenosis, that is where her mitral heart valve was too small and was not opening and closing properly, causing …

Dark Picture Anthology

Do you like horror games but hate the game being prominently jump scares with lack of story or character development? Me too. Horror games are amazing genres, but it is hard to find a specific kind of horror game because there are so many subtypes that it makes it hard to find the perfect game to play. My recommendation is The Dark Pictures Anthology series. These series are multiple interactive …

The Strike of Life: Central African Water Drumming

For those in the western world, native African music is particularly challenging to digest. Between mainstream radio stations perpetuating the popularity of western music, as well as the relationship between global musical dialects becoming progressively more complex (i.e. the increase in cross-genre blending and native music dilution), how we understand …

The Melodrama of Modern Music: A Dissection of the Recording Academy

What comes to mind when you think of the phrase “peak musical stardom”? Millions of fans? Radio hits? To the public eye, there is no greater display of musical success and status than the Grammys. As a musician and someone heavily involved in the ins and outs of the industry, …

How Bad is The Bad Guy? A Review of Billie Eilish’s ‘Bad Guy’ Music Video

Bad Guy by Billie Eilish rapidly gained popularity after being released in March 2019, but with this song fans also got a unique music video to go along. From beginning to end it’s filled with many colors as well as strange and unexpected visuals that keep people watching until the …

Stereotypical

White, thin, blonde and wealthy. Those 4 words are what categorized every main character in the movies and television shows I watched while growing up. My world revolved around aspiring to be like Miley Cyrus from her Hannah Montana days or Elle Woods from Legally Blonde. The closest taste of diversity I experienced was London Tipton, who was thin and …