• Breaking Walls
• The Pop Culture is the World's Culture
• Ignoring Alternatives: Advertising and Healthy Choices
• How is a Nigga Gonna Borrow a French Fry?
• Windows 8 for the Typical Human

Breaking Walls

I have always considered myself Indian. Growing up on the Upper West Side of New York City, I was the only Indian… read more

The Pop Culture is the World's Culture

I have been travelling around the world for almost two years. I have seen a lot of different things in each country and felt... read more

Ignoring Alternatives: Advertising and Healthy Choices

The supermarket is a tribute to the powers of advertising over the minds of the everyday American. On the shelves, hundreds of... read more

How is a Nigga Gonna Borrow a French Fry?

One of the most controversial words of all time is one that raises many emotions and raises disputes over who exactly is allowed to use it. The origin... read more

Windows 8 for the Typical Human

With the cost of Windows 7 Home Premium at $119.99, you can expect Windows 8 to... read more

Foreword

On a balmy September day in Cambridge, Massachusetts, I welcomed eighteen freshman students to my class, Culture Shock! Writing and Publishing on the Web. All were freshmen in the MIT Class of 2015. All were bright, gifted writers, and all had signed on to work on the design, production, and editorial and copyediting boards for Culture Shock!, our online magazine that was to be created by the class. And here it is! Here you will read about Being Black in America, about the Reading Revolution created by online texts, about Superheroes films, about Hip-Hop and its culture, about the politics of language use. We hope you’ll enjoy the work of these student writers. And if you do, let us know!