From March 30 through April 2, the interdisciplinary conference “Thinking Its Presence: Racial Vertigo, BlackBrown Feelings, and Significantly Problematic Objects” took place at Pomona College. The 40+ events in the conference included BIPOC scholars, activists, artists and authors. Attendees engaged in workshops and panels combining aesthetic, spiritual, performance-based and conversational approaches to explore the violence inflicted upon the psyche and affective states of BIPOC individuals.
Tag: Violence
Let’s spill the pop culture tea: ‘Squid Game’ is more than just gory entertainment
The violence of “Squid Game” isn’t merely for entertainment value, rather it and other elements of the hit show provide a powerful critique of capitalism’s consequences, argues Anna Tolkien CM ’24.
OPINION: Twenty years after 9/11, foreign terrorism isn’t America’s biggest threat
America must step away from their preoccupation with 9/11 to address more pressing internal threats, argues Sae Furukawa PO ’25.
‘The Act of Killing’ help us understand the wickedness inside ourselves
In his literary response to “The Act of Killing,” a 2012 documentary about the Indonesian mass murders of the late 1900s, Patrick Hutecker HM ’24 explores how easily reality can be twisted.
OPINION: It’s time to apologize for colonial atrocities
Colonial atrocities cannot be forgotten. There needs to be more recognition and discussion of the crimes committed in the name of colonialism.
Cartoon carnage — A cross-cultural analysis of child violence in animation
Anime has been showing a trend towards a more specific kind of violence — explicit violence toward children.