CULTURE | VOL. I ISSUE I | 2024 A World Reborn World War II “How changed Hollywood & Cinema.” Jenny Wu LITERACY | KNOWLEDGE BIT.LY/CULTERATE ARTICLE | POETRY | PROSE “The unsung heroines of the American revolutionary war.” Eleanor Lydia The Yehudit, a poem. Rose Alessi Valdivia 1960, a prose. Lily Patel The Cement of Moths, a poem. Jillian Lei Belaro Swan Song, a poem. Sophie Winders
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Reborn As we navigate through the voids and missing pieces left in the wake of Covid-19, we have gleaned invaluable lessons of loss, grief, and above all, hope. In this issue, we invite you to reflect on the modern tragedy, that is the pandemic, alongside other historical instances when humanity was faced with adversity – times when the only way forward was to fight back. These experiences have taught us that resilience can be ignited not only through great revolutionary movements, but also by simply being there for one another. I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to every author, editor, and designer who has poured their time, effort, and love into each and every work. This issue wouldn’t have been possible without you, and I couldn’t have asked for a more talented team to share this debut journey with. Now, I invite you to dive into these pages. May they spark conversations that can lead us towards a kinder tomorrow. Keisya Cleine Editor-in-Chief i
BOARD GRAPHIC DESIGN & ILLUSTRATION TEAM EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Aldrich Leblon Keisya Cleine Keisya Cleine POETRY EDITOR Smilla Philippine ARTICLE EDITOR Isabela Silva Pereira PROSE EDITOR Eishal Faisal CONTRIBUTORS POETRY ARTICLE PROSE Alicia Somerset Alyssa Hayes Blanka Pillár Claudia Wysocky Eleanor Lydia Erika Gallion Evelina Velma Jacob Mitchell Julia Sanchez Icha Rizky Jenny Wu Lily Patel Jillian Lei Belaro M. Farel Fahrezi Mark Connelly Kamilla Dahir Sofia Ida Cestari Mk Zariel Rose Alessi Sophie Winders ii
Editor’s Note i Editorial Board, Graphic Design & Illustration Team, Contributors ii Contents iii Paintings v Poetry The Cement of Moths (Semento ng Gamu Gamo) – Jillian Lei Beilaro 3 The Yehudit – Rose Alessi 5 Swan Song – Sophie Winders 6 Idolatry – Sophie Winders 7 Aftermaths – Kamilla Dahir 8 Engineer’s Dissent (Insinyur Lebur) – Icha Rizky Salsabila 9 Unfinished Exit – Claudia Wysocky Return – Mk Zariel 12 Premortem Surge – Evelina Velma 13 Wail – Alicia Somerset iii 11 15
19 The Unsung Heroines of The American Revolutionary War – Eleanor Lydia 24 How World War II Changed Hollywood & Cinema – Jenny Wu 29 Covid-19 and Its Impact on Asian Discrimination – Sofia Ida Cestari 32 The Great Depression and the African Americans’ Struggle for Equality – Jacob Mitchell 37 La Haine: Society, falling down a flight of stairs – M. Farel Fahrezi 40 We Belong to Each Other, Not Only to Ourselves – Alyssa Hayes Prose 49 Valdivia, 1960 – Lily Patel 51 February – Blanka Pillár 53 A Letter – Julia Sanchez 55 Putrid Shades of Summer – Erika Gallion 57 Flashes – Mark Connelly 64 Biographies CONTENTS iv
Apollo and Diana kill the children of Niobe, circa 1630 – Jan Boeckhorst i Aeneas and the Sybil in the underworld – Arnold Houbraken ii Architectural Capriccio with Bridge and Triumphal Arch – Giovanni Antonio Canal iii Artist painting a portrait of a lute player, circa 1790 – Marguerite Gérard iv Dance among swords, 1887 – Henryk Hektor Siemiradzki 1 Priscilla – Leonard Campbell Taylor 2 Water Lilies, circa 1897 – Claude Monet 16 A Sunlit Interior – Carl Vilhelm Holsøe 17 The Letter, 1893 – Lilla Cabot Perry 18 Interior view of the Eglise Saint-Sauveur, circa 1783 – Louis-Pierre Baltard 46 Interior with a bunch of wild flowers, the artist’s paint box, a palette and a half-smoked cherootca, 1882 – Bertha Wegmann 47 Diana the Huntress – Guillaume Seignac Vera and Pégase, 1844 – Ilya Repin 62 Woman in green and a black cat – John White Alexander 63 Grapes in a Greenhouse, 1903 – Anna Syberg 63 Bouquet of Roses, circa 1825 – Jan Frans van Dael 64 Poppies, 1886 – John Singer Sargent 66 A Sunny Corner, 1909 – Jessica Hayllar 67 A Stream in Springtime, 1901 – Frits Thaulow v 48 68
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