Arts Columns
When I Talk About Anime, I Am Talking About Time
When rewatching a favorite, I can recall distinctly the landscapes and people, the anxiety and aspirations, that marked the period I first watched it in. Anime has become an accidental way of assembling a chronology of my past.
Hayao Miyazaki’s Visions of Return
Many of the most iconic scenes from the animator’s extended repertoire are ones that involve transformation.
An Unlikely Cubicle
At Harvard, we push them down deep, transcending their tragedies of inaccess through our relentless resourcefulness. But through our hard work and creativity, our not-a-moment’s hesitation to grasp at any opportunity that comes our way, we have the courage at moments like these to reflect. And to reach back.
Impressions: The Duality of Bass, Multi-instrumentality, and Discovering Indie-Folk Artists on Spotify with Ben J. Dreier ‘22-23
I just have a lot more fun with music in college now.
Boston-Born: How a City Shapes Music
Born right here in the city, the band worked their way through local venues and took advantage of musical connections in the city to achieve rapid success.
Why Artists Care About Ukraine
Putin’s unprovoked and inhumane attack relies on destroying a future world where Ukrainian artists can exist — and that is precisely why the current generation of musicians, poets, and artists from all over the world have stood up in support of Ukraine.
Prescriptive Music Experiences
If this column achieves anything, I hope it will inspire you to seek out live music.
Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun: A Study in Courtly Charm and Artistic Empathy
Her portraits continued to refuse an era or tradition, and her sensitive and empathetic portrayals of high-ranking individuals garnered even more popularity for her works.
Impressions: Vintage Fashion, Jazz Music, and “Dad Rock” with Lana R. Wagner ‘25
I find it very satisfying to take this physical media and representation of art and put all this care into queuing up the vinyl, making sure the audio sounds right, and then playing it on air.
Ode to Live Music
The way I listen, discover, and appreciate music wholly changed once I began regularly attending live concerts.
Artemisia Gentileschi: Female Empowerment in the Artistic Mythos
Her work often featured scenes of strong and empowered women taking down tyrannical male villains, and were laden with double meanings in the context of her own trauma.
Bad Love: Decoding Criminality in Anime
So what about being criminal is enigmatic? Why, in other words, are we drawn to characters who do bad things?
Levi Ackerman, Itachi Uchiha, and the Formation of the Perfect Man
There is something at once disappointing and liberating about the fact that their desires for a particular character, fervent as they are, will not spill over into the real world.
Goodbyes in G Major
Revisiting the piece helped me remember that even as the days seem to melt together, they’re marching on with the tenacity of Bach’s fastest third movement.
Yes, Those 'Memes' You Keep Hearing About Are Art
The text and graphic need each other, bridging the gap between our very human gravitation toward language and our love for anything else that we perceive as visual.
To 'Fleabag,' With Grief
Is love worth it if it is inseparable from grief? Yes, “Fleabag” responds, yes again and again.
Celebrity Saviors
The first time I listened to Dodie Clark, I felt like wanted to crawl inside her songs, to live in the universe of yellow flowers and smeared makeup and sunshine the next morning she created.
The Present and Futures of Latinx Punk
As movements continue to globalize, the role of of Latinx punks will continue to grow and innovate at the fore of the genre — just as Los Saicos did way back in 1964.
‘¡Viva Zapata!’ — The Legacies of Latinas in Punk
The feminist punk movement in the Pacific Northwest was catalyzed by a Latina.
Pas de Deux: Sexism and the Gender Binary in Ballet
Ballet, as an art form tied to tradition, can be a deeply sexist and exclusive place. But women are slowly but surely breaking through the glass ceiling and proving their capabilities.