Culture ⁽⁶⁾

Cultures from across the Atlantic may have a more sensible attitude towards drinking.

In downtown Santa Barbara, on the northern edge of Paseo Nuevo, there is a small restaurant called The Blue Owl. Their food offerings are quite varied, ranging from Vietnamese-inspired fried rice bowls to Californian burritos and vaguely Italian focaccia sandwiches, along with a selection of locally-brewed kombuchas and herbal teas. But this is supposed to be a music event review - why are the venue’s food and drinks so relevant?

In today’s social climate, I’m one of the increasingly rare individuals who believes that it’s okay (and arguably natural) to presume a person’s pronouns based on their physical appearance, if none were specified. The majority of humans are still cisgender, and that ratio is unlikely to significantly change. It's also…

The books and films comprising the Harry Potter franchise all take place within a fictionalized but highly realistic depiction of the modern (late 90's to early 2000's) world, with magic and other fantastical elements overlaid atop this familiar and believably real base. As a result, the stories have to do…

Celebrities occupy a strange position within our increasingly digital world: they have a professional reputation and public image to maintain, and yet the internet has enabled them to say almost anything, often without the oversight of a manager or agent. Historically, everything a famous person said to the public was…

Welcome to my first post on The Pedaling Poet blog! This is one of the best essays I'd written in my senior year of high school, and I thought some people might be interested in reading it. In the future, I'll be posting more school projects, in addition to new…