Alex Brûlée
Branded: The School to Prison Pipeline
The harsh reality is school is getting harsher, not easier. Out of school suspensions have more than doubled since the 1970s. From 1974...
Search
Alex Brûlée
- Jul 29, 2020
Poor By Choice
The Florida Project (2017), a slice-of-life movie on American poverty, was an acclaimed and oscar nominated film that broke box-office...
Alex Brûlée
- Jun 26, 2020
Victims of A White Savior
The Black Lives Matter movement’s explosion into the mainstream has caused many white people to grow conscious of the inequalities people...
Alex Brûlée
- Jun 3, 2020
Where Zodiac Signs Come From
Everyone has a strong opinion about zodiac signs. Whether you believe in them or consider them a pseudoscience, chances are, you’ve looke...
Alex Brûlée
- May 6, 2020
Social (media) Distancing
I’ve had approximately 9 zoom calls, 5 facetime, and 2 google hangouts today. It hasn’t even hit 2 o’clock yet. While my predicament is p...
Alex Brûlée
- Apr 19, 2020
Is Cheating Getting Worse?
There is no correlation between intelligence and ethics, only a correlation between unethical behavior and the likelihood of being caught.
Alex Brûlée
- Apr 2, 2020
The Good Death
Death isn’t scary- it’s taboo. But to put it bluntly, something so important to our identities shouldn’t be.
Alex Brûlée
- Mar 11, 2020
The 'Tortured Artist' Myth
The danger of the ‘tortured artist’ comes in, however, when we address its underlying assumption: to be great, we must also be in pain.
Alex Brûlée
- Feb 10, 2020
Why Heaven Isn't Worth It
Are you a good person if you’re good only for a reward?