Strike Miami
Founded in the Fall of 2021 by Nadia Ajirnia, Melanie Pujol, and Cailin Rolph
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Every December, artists, collectors, celebrities, and tourists visit Miami to experience one of the world’s most influential cultural hubs.
I remember the first time I first read fanfiction
October has come to an end, which means the end of every college girl's favorite holiday
When we look at ancient objects, their deeply altered state…
Rooted in South Florida, the “chonga” culture emerged amongst young, working-class Cuban-American women as a visible expression of their Latina identities.
Amongst the cacophonous flurry of online discussions, one thing keeps pitching its tent in my head…
It is August 2025 and Vogue dropped their latest issue featuring Anne Hathaway on the front cover. However, between the pages of this beloved magazine lies a figure so offputting…
They say first impressions are everything. A sentiment often reserved for everyone but ourselves. Only rarely does it inspire us intrinsically.
I miss the rage. Club culture is dead; so are house parties. ‘365PARTYGIRL’ is being screamed out car windows by half sober girls going 30 on a 40.
Patriotic, hard-working, individualistic, and social order–just a few examples of traditional American values.
After school as a kid, I used to beg my parents for a Happy Meal. Polishing off the food just to earn my turn in the plastic cathedral of McDonald's PlayPlace.
As human beings, we have adapted throughout the millennia to see faces in the most mundane places: floating among the clouds, in the backs of the cars as we drive, and even in the plastic bottles we throw away. T
One of my many vices as a college student is spending way too much time on my phone. I’ve seen my fair share of celebrity fallouts, fandom wars, and questionable politicians. If my time online taught me anything it’s this…
Before the debut of a new collection for New York Fashion Week, Collina Strada’s Instagram hinted at the theme by dropping snippets of animalistic figures and their silhouettes.
Since 2020, a pandemic has ravaged the health of the American youth impacting not only local communities, but the state at large. Its symptoms are as listed: confusion, fatigue, brain fog, general anhedonia. This pandemic is, of course, known as irony.
In a country that had seen the efficiency of destruction, his collection showed possibility.
While the artist moves on, the fan remains stagnant, fanning the embers of their pitiful fire, stuck on their shipwrecked island with just their music and their sadness.
I realize there's beauty in the crookedness of my kitchen table, the accumulated books on my nightstand, and the faint wine stain on my couch from the night I reunited with old friends.
One of the main things that draws my focus is complexity, but especially characters that are not only well-written but very… odd.
A story meant to vanish does not vanish. And the voice of a writer is heard again. Death is porous and moments aren't minor and here is the soft persistence of attention.
While the disappearance of third places has contributed to social isolation, there is still hope in re-establishing community spaces and prioritizing real-world connection.
Oral tradition is often overlooked by Western society, in which history is kept through a writing system.
Time and time again boys have walked into my life, taking what they have seen in movies and expecting me to save them from their own dreary lives.