A Thought: Male Rompers and Suppressed Femininity
Save for an expertly-timed marketing push by a bold group of guys, I'm certain the loudest straight male supporters of the Romphims on Twitter...
A Thought: Asian Americans Can’t Rock Out
Name one Asian American musician in a major scene or subgenre in American music.
This prompt on its own warrants some pushback against what my...
A Thought: The BET Hip-Hop Awards Are Still In Middle School, But Have Potential
We all know hip-hop needs a legitimate alternative entity to the GRAMMYs to annually acknowledge and award the best of the best in the...
A Thought: Anime isn’t real, except on the Internet, and it’s driving me mad
When was the last time you saw something resembling Anime sold as a physical product in a store that could be walked into?
Unless you...
A Thought: Actually, I Like The White Boys in the ‘Swang’ Video
By featuring people in your music video who actually listen to your music instead of the people who you're music is based on, you're...
A Thought: 21 Savage Is STILL From Atlanta, Goofy
I may or may not update this piece given the reactionary nature of this news + subsequent dialogue, but the initial reactions to this bizarre...
A Thought: Drake’s Globetrotting is Advanced, You’re a Hater
When I'm passionate about a topic, I usually spend weeks on the research. I piece together interview clips, long-forgotten news updates, lyrics, and other...
A Thought: Why Aren’t There More Asian American Male White Supremacists?
In a world that puts Asian men down, silences us, uses us, ignores us, and shapes this utterly bland, uninspiring, unattractive, and vaguely repulsive...
2 Ways The Junior Basketball Association Could Actually Succeed
The JBA, or Junior Basketball Association, is a men’s basketball league founded by LaVar Ball. It’s composed of young players who, for whatever reason,...
China’s Social Credit Score Could Be Beneficial
Originally featured on Zachary's website zacharyhurdle.com.
The political turmoil in the United States, Great Britain, and France are great examples of the Western world retreating...