New School: Arts & Culture

Taking a media critique approach to historical analysis,CalvinRyerse explores the rise of Rush Limbaugh, the man who proved conservative media could be a powerful and profitable cultural force.

Music Attribution: theme 4 - johnny_ripper

The Twilight Saga is a series of four fantasy novels by Stephanie Meyer.The film adaptations, beginning in 2008, attracted a huge following, fashioning a generation of what producer Kleigh Balugo calls “Twi-Hards.”Now, she says in this feature, “Gen Z has become obsessed withTwilight.We binge the entire saga on Netflix, just as the Twi-Hards of 2008 lined up overnight for the premieres. This Twilight Renaissance showed us that in times of despair we will always turn to sparkly Edward Cullen to drown our sorrows.

CREDIT FOR MUSIC:

Song used, “Bella’s Lullaby” by Carter Burwell, Dan Redfeld, and Elizabeth Hedman.

Producer Bria Dixon investigates the way Black fashion of the 1990s "celebrates self love" and Black culture.

Music & Video Sources-

“Aaliyah - Rock The Boat (Original Video).” YouTube, uploaded by Blackground Records 2.0, 9 September 2021, youtu.be/3HSJU5fDg0A.

“Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg - Still D.R.E. (Official Video).” YouTube, uploaded by DrDreVEVO, 27 October 2011, youtu.be/_CL6n0FJZpk.

“TLC - What About Your Friends (Official Video).” YouTube, uploaded by TLCVEVO, 20 November 2012, youtu.be/92gHq1s6G-c.

“Who Taught You to Hate Yourself - Malcolm X.” YouTube, uploaded by Bihibindi News, 28 June 2016, youtu.be/sCSOiN_38nE.

Description: The South Korean drama series Squid Game, released on Netflix in Sept. 2021, became the streaming platform’s most viewed series to date with approximately 142 million household views worldwide in its first 28 days. The series is about individuals in financial debt who agree to participate in deadly children’s games for an enormous cash prize. This survival game genre has been a popular trend in the entertainment industry in the past few decades; films that follow this premise include The Hunger Games trilogy and Battle Royale. These films and shows also share an underlying theme: the divide between the rich and the poor.

Produced By: Michaela Zee, Ally Santana, Olivia Conforti, and Tasmia Islam

Music: “Way Back then” by jun jaeil (Squid Game Original Soundtrack)

Image Credit: Youngkyu Park/Netflix

The New School is historically unconventional, and has an equally unique mascot. Here is the story of Gnarls the Narwhal, and how their identity represents us, the student body.

Produced by: Jade Welder, Tina Ngyuen, Marin Gross, and Stephen Lehren

On Sept. 25 2021, the Student Leadership and Involvement team hosted a bike ride event in Central Park. Both faculty and students alike participated in this event, where they expressed how they felt to attend an in-person event after experiencing classes on Zoom for the past year and a half.

Produced By: Michaela Zee, Ally Santana, Olivia Conforti, Tasmia Islam, and Alyse Robinson

Music: “The Next Afternoon” by Mr. Carmack

Content warning: this includes descriptions of eating disorder behaviors and anxiety.

Food, exercise and family collide in unexpected ways. Marley Collins talks to her family about food, exercise, and her and her sister's eating disorders. Production and music by Marley Collins. Edited by Andy Hartman. The referenced 1997 study was done by Suzanne W. McNutt et al., published in the Journal of Adolescent Health and can be found at doi.org/10.1016/S1054-139X(96)00176-0.

When it comes to delivering babies in the good ole USA for Black women, you will find that we are living in two very different America's when you look at the infant mortality rate. Producer Amber Worsley talks with mothers and doulas about their experiences in and outside hospitals in an attempt to find out the secret behind the statistics.

Special thanks to Ranjani Chakraborty and Vox for their short documentary, The US medical system is still haunted by slavery, whose research I used for this story, along with the research you can find at CDC.gov.

\Producer Christian Nesfield interviews his grandmother, Ellen Holden, about the history his family, and Orchard Street in Ridgwood, New Jersey where they’ve lived for over a hundred years.

They were chosen because the islands were so remote. Told through personal narratives of young people, we explore the history of the United States' nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands. For the Marshallese, life will never be the same. Produced by Calvin Ryerse, edited by Bria Dixon, music by MARK Harmony, performing "Be Mine", produced by Voices Rising.