Issue IV: BYO?

BYO? Dreamers, nomads, neighbors, explorers, what happens when you open yourself to new adventures? The people you meet, the places you go, the things you share. TwoTwoOne.NYC Issue IV invites you to set your place at our table. Connect your passions, motivations, inspirations, heartaches. What will you bring?

Migration Academy

“Between”

Elena Maldonado, a senior double-majoring in Creative Writing and Theater Arts – Directing, is the winner of the The Great Migrations Social Justice Academy  "Picture Migration" photo contest. “The photo depicts an airplane in descent, a slanted horizon, and streaks of water pushed by the wind on the window

Migration Academy

The Unwanted Ones: A Population Dangerously on the Move

By Misha Louis When Haitian migrant and asylum seekers attempt to come to the United States, the U.S government responds with prohibition policies and detention. This paper will examine the way Haitian refugees were and continue to be discriminated against and the struggle they face throughout the world'

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The Insanity of Incarceration: The Pressures Corrections Officers Endure

By Jennifer Burks "The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons." -Fyodor Dostoyevsky Introduction What does our prison system say of society in the United States, a system that has disproportionately incarcerated African Americans and has criminalized mental illness? The United States

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Negligence: America's Culpability for Mass Shooters

by Jennifer Riesel Currently there are more guns in America than there are people. Guns are America's foundation and identity, a symbol of our freedom. The United States has roughly 90 guns for every 100 residents. Since 2006, Americans have acquired an estimated 150 million new or imported

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Honor Thy Father: Entirely Unconditional Love on Exhibit

Roman Charity (1623) depicts a young woman breast feeding an older man. The painting has a deep, dark background with very few brown highlights. There are two primary figures. A young woman kneels on the left side of the painting. She has a headwrap, skirt, and cloth covering some of

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Force for Change

The site detailing the project and creation of the piece can be found at the link below, though an older version of the site may be uploaded depending on when you are viewing this submission. The powerpoint used on honors day is also attached, though may be more confusing without

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Globalization as a Continuation of Colonization

In the 21st century, people from across the world are more connected than ever before imaginable. People are able to share unique aspects of their cultures, whether it be clothing, food, tradition, or language. The internet has enabled people from the most remote parts of the world to speak with

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Hopper Creative Response

May a woman possess Heraclitus’s pose in The School of Athens, or The Thinker’s posture? May a woman possess the man’s position without permission, but keep her submissiveness, her quaintness? May she wear dark blue instead of powdered pink? Or step into the hallway unaccompanied by a

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Case Study - Queer Rights in Uganda

When people think of development, they often think about material development. Improving infrastructure, building hospitals and schools, and enhancing the manufacturing sector are all various methods of material development within a state. A less talked about, but equally as important, aspect of development is social development which includes advocating for

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Photo by Chloe Selavka

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A Short Film by Molly Brennan

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“Fire represents life. When your fire is gone, so are you”

In 2023, rapid technological advancements have allowed for all of humanity to become increasingly more digitally interconnected. It is hard to imagine a raw natural world, before humanity conquered planet Earth. A world in which humanity was tasked with a sole unifying goal, simply just survive. In 1994, British television

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Reflection: 2020 Hair Crisis

A reflection of a girl with white and green hair stares back at me in the mirror. Her hair has been over-processed by chemicals that would make anyone wonder if she has any self-restraint. As I touch my hair, clumps fall out. My shock starts to turn into laughter. How

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The Social and Technological Evolution of Fandoms Through New Media and Mass Communication

Introduction The evolution of fandoms has seen many forms, but the fandom that initially led me to studying this evolution through media and mass communication was the Young Adult Fiction fandom through different media outlets. This era of time, the early 2010’s, was when fandoms really became participatory. The

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Acclimation

Performance

Berthe Reel

Jenna is a Junior at Marymount Manhattan College pursuing her BFA in Musical Theater. Previous credits include directing A Princess Story,  a new musical that debuted at Marymount. Acting credits include Berthe in Pippin and Vern in 5 Lesbians Eating A Quiche. Jenna has just recently stage managed Play Ons

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Interpretations of the Transatlantic Accent

Introduction We are all familiar with the posh, sophisticated sound of the early age of film. Speakers, donned in pearls and satin gowns, amidst a passionate speech, would somehow ooze their vowels, crunch their T’s, and completely drop their R’s. This is what we know as the transatlantic

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I’m Dominion Voting Systems, and Fox News is Lebron James.

On April 18th, 2023, a historic settlement was reached between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems. Though initially gunning for 1.6 billion dollars, Dominion is set to receive 787.5 million dollars from said settlement. This particular case shows Fox News being held responsible; but it's an

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Queer Coding in Genshin Impact: A Queer Study of Chinese Video Game Storytelling

Introduction In the United States, queer theory has been studied for several decades and has notable authors for nearly any demographic under the LGBTQ+ umbrella and that access to different viewpoints is something that is often taken for granted. While queer representation in western media is still in its infancy,

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Photos by Jailene Tatis

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Crime Entertainment is Evil

The changing years of media, technology, and accessibility to world events has caused the way humans view, consume, and interpret news to be different. At one point to see news stories you could only watch TV in real time or newspapers following the event. Up until the recent decade it

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I MISS

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Canción Otoñal

Federico Garcia Lorca was born on June 5, 1898 in Fuente Vaqueros Spain. In Federico’s poems he would convey feelings of love, death, tragedy, etc. He was a huge asset in Spanish poetry and theater. Despite the plans of becoming a musician and composer, he found his love for

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Reimagining Monsters

‌‌Every culture has its monsters, figuratively and literally, if one was to delve into their mythical and historical contexts. In Hollywood thrillers, monsters often serve as typical scary creatures with an insatiable appetite for human flesh, which creates fear for apparent reasons for the main characters. Reasons for their appearance

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THE STARS & STRIPES IN FILM

Introduction Throughout the past century, American film has become an essential medium for engaging with the masses. Stories are told and retold, hegemonies are reinforced and deconstructed, and communities are represented and misrepresented all through the American film. It is this massive impact on American society that warrants critical analyses