Deaf Culture Wins & the Turning Point Threats
Barely a few weeks into 2025 GOP Conservatives are attacking essential services to the Deaf…
Neil Gaiman and the Fall of Gods and Men
This is not the follow up piece to the Miami Vice Episode Eerily Relevant Now…
Miami Vice Episode Eerily Relevant Now
If we read in the news that the son of a wealthy CEO was under…
How To Make Social Media Retro
Mark Zuckerburg not only announced that META will end fact checking, but he also baselessly…
Debbie Gibson Being Anxiously Lost In Her Eyes
On January 6th of 1989 Debbie Gibson released Lost in Your Eyes as a single….
Charlie Brown Stresses Out But Doesn’t Fail
39 years ago Happy New Year, Charlie Brown! premiered on CBS. It was the 30th…
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Cyndi Lauper: Gen X Watch Feminist Friday
Photo Credit Ruven Afanador All Rights Reserved (Shore Fire Media) What happens when a female reporter questions feminism and an entire generation of women in 1985? Can a pop star make a difference? Can she inspire women and help them be themselves and choose what they want to do in their lives? Is she able…
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The Subversive Art of Mixtapes!
Was the mixtape a portable playlist? Was it a means to tell someone you loved them? Did it affect the Cold War? Did it make hip hop and rap possible? Was it Illegal? Was it an art form? The answer is yes. The Cassette Tape In 1963, an engineer working for Phillips invented the cassette.…
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Healing Hearts and Being The Difference
How do you repay the gift of life someone gave you after they died? How can a conversation decades ago change your life? And is Bingo truly my name-o? A Friend Died Last Christmas The day after Christmas a friend reached to me to tell me that Erika had died in her husband’s arms on…