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The Only Thing More Powerful Than Hate is Love ​

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"It goes without saying that Bad Bunny’s halftime performance was amazing, tear-jerking, and utterly beautiful. The brief 13 minutes where Bad Bunny took the stage were filled with Puerto Rico’s vibrant culture that is, unfortunately, so often overlooked. Now, you all should know that I am Mexican, but on February 8th, 2026, I was 100% Puerto Rican. We ALL were Puerto Rican. His halftime show was more than a performance; it was a representation of unity. I couldn’t bring myself to write about the show without talking about the hate and backlash that came along with it, but I refuse to let that overshadow the performance as a whole. I just have one thing to say: if you do not have the capacity to enjoy music from a culture that is not yours, you truly have a low IQ. Music has ALWAYS transcended language and always will."​
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      • Your Abusive Boyfriend Is Not DL
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    • CREATIVE WRITING >
      • Invisible Thread
      • Dear Jane Doe
      • What Could I Be
      • Weather Boy
      • I hate you
      • My Beautiful Spring
      • I, Who Have Worn Many Faces
      • Creativity Is A Burden On The Creative
      • Arrow Through The Chest
      • Deathbott Chapter 5
      • YOLO OR YËAT
      • Deathbott Chapter 6
    • Artist Corner >
      • Dream Sweet in Sea Major
      • Dog.
      • When you have a bat, everything looks like a ball.
      • Deathbott Character Art
    • Media Reviews >
      • Danganronpa Trial 3's: They Suck
      • And I Wonder (Kanye West)
      • So…What’s Up With REANIMAL?
    • Sports Panel >
      • Boys Swim: Senior Highlight
      • Girls Swim: Senior Highlight
      • Girls Basketball: Senior Highlight
  • Featured Article
    • The Queen Is Dead
    • Know Your Rights: What To Do Around Ice
  • Teacher's Corner
    • Teachers Corner: DeVaul
    • Teachers Corner: Ejzak: How to Combat chatGPT? Embrace the Same Anti-Authoritarian Teaching Practices We Should’ve Been Doing All Along
    • Teacher's Corner: Mr. Hazzard's Love Letter To Brooks
    • Teacher's Corner: Gordon
    • Teacher's Corner: Wilde
    • Teacher's Corner: David
    • Teacher's Corner: Ejzak
    • Teacher's Corner: Rago
  • Archive
    • 9.25 >
      • Two
      • Young and Pretty
      • Chimeras: Growing Up in Majority-White and Majority-Black Schools
      • My Favorite Color Used To Be Pink
      • Good Mother
      • Cancel the Mouse: Why New Disney Sucks
      • Is Hope the New Punk Rock?: Superman Movie Review
    • 10.25 >
      • Ignorance Is PURE Bliss
      • The Subjectivity of Creativity: How Wrongful Interpretation is Dangerous
      • Petty Games
      • If You're So Wise, Why Do You Come Off So Passionless?
      • How Animal Farm by George Orwell Still Speaks Today
      • How To Train Your Hyper-Realistic Live Action Reboot
      • Absense of August
      • Art fight Collection
    • 11.25 >
      • The Overconsumption Cycle
      • My Experience Being Painfully Insecure.
      • An Age-Old Question
      • They Hate Us Cause They Ain't Us
      • Transgressions Against the Father
      • Watership Down
      • The Black Phone 2: More is Less
      • How Fish Became Gods
    • 1.26 >
      • The Concept of One Individual
      • Police & Black Americans—The Battle for Civil Rights
      • White Hair Braiders
      • The Dust Under My Bed
      • Popular (Wicked)
      • “Carpe Diem, Seize The Day.” - A Media Review On Dead Poets Society
      • They Could've Made Anything, but They Chose This Book
    • 2.26 >
      • The Only Thing More Powerful Than Hate is Love
      • Is it Possible to Separate Art From the Artist?
      • Take Things Seriously
      • Blood-Covered "Love"
      • Sunflower
      • Iron Lung Review
      • Night In the Woods Analysis: The Hole At The Center Of Everything