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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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Bridgerton: Is It Representation or Aesthetics?

Trisha Lobo May 2, 2022

Dear readers, now that the latest season has come to a close, it is now time to analyze Bridgerton’s beautiful families beyond Lady Whistledown’s juicy gossip and sordid details. Ultimately, It is...

Is it Good Representation or is it Conventional?: Sex Education Season 3 Review

Is it Good Representation or is it Conventional?: Sex Education Season 3 Review

Trisha Lobo October 15, 2021

Welcome back to Moordale Secondary! Back by popular demand, Sex Education Season three has received mixed reviews from both fans and critics alike. Here at UT, fans are split. One group of fans believe...

"All Together Now" Review

“All Together Now” Review

Thalia Menchaca December 15, 2020

They sleep in the back of a school bus in a dark parking lot, work for every single dollar, and they are homeless. Yet, Amber Appleton (Auli’i Cravalho) and her mother, Becky (Justina Machado) never...

Super. Dysfunctional. Representation.: The Women of “The Umbrella Academy”

Super. Dysfunctional. Representation.: The Women of “The Umbrella Academy”

Emily Hyatt July 30, 2020

Why I love “The Umbrella Academy” but not the way it treats women Illustration by Serena Rodriguez **WARNING! This post contains spoilers for the first season of Netflix’s “The Umbrella...

5 Times Corporate America Said “We Love the Gays!”

March 14, 2019

Who said that putting LGBTQ characters in commercials wasn’t the end-all solution to homophobia? Did they not realize that Nordstrom threw the first brick at the Stonewall riots?Story by Kaci Pelias ...

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Gender Unbound Art Fest Celebrates Trans and Intersex Creatives

October 8, 2018

Local music and art festival Gender Unbound showcased the talents of trans and intersex artists, creatives, filmmakers and more.

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“Everything Sucks!” Is the ‘90s Sitcom Marginalized Kids Never Had

March 26, 2018

Netflix’s new original series “Everything Sucks!” shows where sentimental imagery from the '90s belongs within the increasingly politicized media scene of 2018.

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Why Whitewashing is Still Practiced in Hollywood

May 5, 2017

ORANGE asks why whitewashing is still practiced and looks at examples of whitewashing movies from the past few years.

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Ten Things 20-Something Desi Girls Are Tired of Hearing

March 29, 2017

Grab a mango lassi and remember that the backhanded compliments have shaped us into the unapologetically self-loving beings we are.

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No Diversity without Disability: How the Media is Failing

March 20, 2017

Last Monday, three experienced speakers shared their stories and research at a South by Southwest panel discussion about the representation of disability in the media.

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Blogger Creates an All-Inclusive Hijab Line

December 5, 2016

Habiba Da Silva, a British blogger with over 280,000 subscribers on YouTube, released a gender-inclusive, nude-colored Hijab line in October suitable for all skin tones.

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Closet Confessional: Dania Abdi

May 5, 2016

With over 9,000 Instagram followers, Dania Abdi is well on her way to turning her blog into a professional career.