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BurntXOrange

Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

BurntXOrange

Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

BurntXOrange

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How Collective Struggle and the Pursuit of Pleasure Keeps Disco Alive

September 27, 2021

Disco is the people’s music. Since its roots in the early ‘70s, disco been a place of refuge, an escape from everyday persecution and a sanctuary of queerness and creative expression. Like most music genres, disco emerged from hard times, but what separates it entirely is that it was not created by or for mainstream society. The infrastructure of disco was built by the hands of queer and trans Black and Latinx people.

Reality Dating Shows: Why Do We Like Them So Much?

Reality Dating Shows: Why Do We Like Them So Much?

Lucero Lopez September 23, 2021

Living vicariously through strangers’ lives and then judging them for it? Sign me up! Reality dating shows have started to take over mainstream television. Shows like Love Island, Too Hot to Handle,...

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The Dangers of Living Productively

November 17, 2020

There are many things that a pandemic can teach us.

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Dealing with College FOMO in the Time of Social Distancing

November 10, 2020

COVID-19 hit the spring semester of my freshman year at the University of Texas at Austin and by then, I had just familiarized myself with campus and started to socialize with others. The pandemic cut...

So you're living alone...in the middle of a pandemic

So you’re living alone…in the middle of a pandemic

Sophie Bunn September 21, 2020

It’s okay to feel lonely while we’re encouraged to isolate, but it can be used to our advantage.  One of the most pivotal moments for teenagers-turned-young-adults is leaving home and beginning...

Tips for Creating a Work Environment at Home

Tips for Creating a Work Environment at Home

Olivia Beene September 14, 2020

Classes at UT Austin are back in session, but unlike ever before they are commencing amidst a global pandemic. For many students, this means a semester full of uncertainty and adaptation especially when...

Things to Do Now That We’ve "Decided" the Pandemic is Over

Things to Do Now That We’ve “Decided” the Pandemic is Over

Emily Hyatt July 25, 2020

Not every country can ignore a pandemic because they simply got “bored” but Americans prove, yet again, that having freedom does not equate to having intelligence. Source: Kumail Nanjiani - Twitter “These...