ReadDreams and Disillusionment

Dive in! Our year's theme provides an enhanced reading experience where the topics gives our writers and graphic designers freedom to explore new aspects of their skills. Through a journey of Dreams and Disillusionment, our writing and layout teams collaborated to produce a total of thirteen articles sure to have you on cloud nine!

Most Recent Blogs

Radicals Roam the Ocean

by Simon Sarte Vic Fuentes is well-esteemed for his lead vocals in the beloved post-hardcore band, Pierce the Veil. In high school, Fuentes sang for...

The “Lone Wolf” Subgenre

by Rose Mccullough The "Lone Wolf" subgenre, as I like to call it, is a subgenre of action/crime films that stars a male lead who...

The Zone of Interest: The Evil of Banality

by Moises Barajas In a roundtable interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke criticized Stephen Spielberg's depiction of the Holocaust in Schindler’s List....

The Cost of Kilig: Capitalism and the Filipino Loveteam

by franny trinidad ‘Kilig’–one of the many Tagalog words that is untranslatable. It's the feeling of butterflies in your stomach or the sudden heat of...

Most Recent Art

Wes Anderson College

by Caira Jordan In this visual exploration, I have chosen to reimagine images of my university’s campus, through the whimsical lens of Wes Anderson's distinctive...

How Hades’s Attention to Detail Makes for Wonderful Retelling of Greek Mythology 

  by Jenna Hards From the artfully designed characters to the varieties of battlefields, Hades has created a surprisingly pleasant retelling of the Greek Myths we...

Foggy Days

"Foggy Days" by Dylan Burns dgburns@ucsc.edu IG: @dylan.burns

Fever Dream Robot

"Fever Dream Robot," submitted by Benjamin Heiser. http://bennny_boii_

The “Lone Wolf” Subgenre

by Rose Mccullough The "Lone Wolf" subgenre, as I like to call it, is a subgenre of action/crime films that stars a male lead who comes out of the woodwork and can essentially eliminate anything or person in his way. HE is the savior of all people;...

The Zone of Interest: The Evil of Banality

by Moises Barajas In a roundtable interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke criticized Stephen Spielberg's depiction of the Holocaust in Schindler’s List. He expressed disgust at creating entertainment out of such an atrocity, pointing out the scene where Spielberg creates tension out of whether...

The Cost of Kilig: Capitalism and the Filipino Loveteam

by franny trinidad ‘Kilig’–one of the many Tagalog words that is untranslatable. It's the feeling of butterflies in your stomach or the sudden heat of your cheeks as they blush pink. Kilig is the desire for romance– or more specifically, the exhilaration brought on by the early...

The Cost of Kilig: Capitalism and the Filipino Loveteam

by franny trinidad ‘Kilig’–one of the many Tagalog words that is untranslatable. It's the feeling of butterflies in your stomach or the sudden heat of...

Renounced Musician Revived in Full Swing due to Banana Fish’s AshEiji

by Jazmine Noguera “You can have ‘ Loverman.’ Take it. Fine! … All I ask in return is you do something with this song, too....

Hollywood Should Be Taking Notes on Blue Eye Samurai

by Vivian Hawkins The hit Netflix TV animated show Blue Eye Samurai has been a huge topic in the media lately. Debuting in 2023 and...

Radicals Roam the Ocean

by Simon Sarte Vic Fuentes is well-esteemed for his lead vocals in the beloved post-hardcore band, Pierce the Veil. In high school, Fuentes sang for...

Renounced Musician Revived in Full Swing due to Banana Fish’s AshEiji

by Jazmine Noguera “You can have ‘ Loverman.’ Take it. Fine! … All I ask in return is you do something with this song, too....

Deep Sea Diving Into King Krule’s Track “Slush Puppy”

by Elle Roberts If you haven’t already listened to the reputable and masterful artist King Krule, I suggest you shall, and I have the perfect...