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Articles by Shaphnah Mckenzie
The DCOMS Can Console: “16 Wishes” at 26
In each installment of “The DCOMs Can Console,” Shaphnah McKenzie M.A. ’27 reflects on the movies that shaped her childhood as a woman now in her twenties. What can Disney Channel Original Movies still offer us? If there’s one image from “16 Wishes” that has stuck with me throughout the years, it’s that of Debby Ryan’s character, Abby Jensen, 22 years old, hobbling down a dark, wet road in her heels, grimacing.
AfroxStegner: ZZ Packer’s descriptive genius in “Drinking Coffee Elsewhere”
Editor’s Note: This article is a review and includes subjective thoughts, opinions and critiques. In the column “AfroxStegner,” Shaphnah McKenzie M.A. ’27 reads and reflects on the work of Black Stegner Fellows. When I pitched this column, I should’ve known I wouldn’t be able to stick solely to discussions about the depiction of Black life in the works of Stegner Fellows. I’m a sucker for good prose — the kind of reader who pauses to write down and memorize particularly savory turns of phrase.
David Gorin and Jiachen Wang bring elegy, laughter to Stegner Fellow reading
Editor’s Note: This article is a review and includes subjective thoughts, opinions and critiques. “What can poetry offer us today, living as we do in an era of spectacular difficulty?” asked Bhion Achimba, a second-year Stegner Fellow, as he introduced fellow poet David Gorin at the first Stegner Fellow reading of the academic year. In addition to Gorin’s poetry, Wednesday night’s reading also showcased fiction by Stegner Fellow Jiachen Wang.
Fashion and loathing in Yokohama
The first seven weeks of my summer were spent on Yokohama Bay, in an opulent sailboat-inspired building called the Pacifico Yokohama; out of this boat, Stanford runs its Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies (IUC). From the window right outside my classroom, I could see two bridges running over the canal and the giant ferris wheel of the Cosmoworld Amusement Park, the centerpiece of Yokohama’s Minato Mirai district and an icon of the city itself.
Spilled Ink provides an inclusive and encouraging space for writing poetry
Spilled Ink is the only active poetry club on campus, offering a welcoming space for writers at Dartmouth. Led by Michaela Benton ’22, Spilled Ink is the only active poetry club on campus, meeting on Mondays at 6 p.m. in Carpenter 201C. Benton, who founded the club, said Spilled Ink is a welcoming space for writers. “At its heart, [Spilled Ink] is a small, warm community around a table, just writing and sharing and supporting each other,” Benton said.
Trends: Jennette McCurdy’s memoir revives conversations about child entertainment industry horrors
McCurdy’s memoir reveals the traumas she endured as a child actor at Nickelodeon, reviving discourses surrounding child abuse in the acting industry. Jennette McCurdy’s memoir “I’m Glad My Mom Died,” released on Aug. 9, has made its way onto the bestseller table in bookstores — complete with a pink and yellow cover and a photo of the former “iCarly” star smiling with a pink urn.
Review: “Pachinko” brilliantly blurs the lines between past and present
The show memorializes the lasting effect of Japanese colonialism on Koreans by depicting stories of trauma and healing. On April 29, Apple TV+ aired the final episode of “Pachinko,” an eight-episode television drama based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Min-Jin Lee. The series was such a success that, on the same day the final episode aired, Apple announced the renewal of “Pachinko” for a second season — a well-deserved achievement.
Big Time Rush capitalizes on nostalgia with their return
The boy band’s comeback is just in time to take advantage of the explosion of nostalgia spread by social media and quarantine. by Shaphnah Mckenzie | 53 minutes ago by Lucy Handy / The Dartmouth Big Time Rush is back, riding the wave of nostalgia sweeping over Gen Z.
Q&A: Katherine Forbes Riley ‘96 on her debut novel “The Bobcat”
“The Bobcat” follows a young art student’s journey to recovery after the trauma of sexual assault. by Shaphnah Mckenzie | 42 minutes ago Source: Courtesy of Katherine Forbes Riley Katherine Forbes Riley ‘96, a computational linguist and author, graduated from Dartmouth with a degree in linguistics with a concentration in pre-med. She went on to receive her doctorate in computational linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania in 2003.
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