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By Jeff Bridges, Actor
Local friend Jeff Bridges, Actor recently experienced a comical situation when driving his van in Southern California. After waking up in a haze, Bridges, Actor found himself lost. He rolled down his window and asked the neares...
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Experiencing Shakespeare brings pleasure to thou and thine
By Marlon Deleon
I used to be afraid of Shakespeare. Not the person (I ain’t afraid of no ghost!), but the text. As a Theatre Arts Directing major, this could have been a problem. My first r...
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Graphic by Gabe Ferreira
Anonymous: Conspiracy, commotion, codpieces
By Matt Dupree
"Have you heard about this Shakespeare controversy?” This is the sort of viral marketing that Roland Emmerich is counting on for his upcoming film, Anonymous. T...
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batPod by Victor! Perfecto and Mike Pallotta
Shakabacca by Chris Fabela and the Union Staff
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(seen right: This is what an issue of JUXTAPOZ will look like in the future when Elisa Ang is featured on the cover.)
I first heard about Juxtapoz Magazine in my junior year of high school, from my best friend’s older brother—a twenty-something, ...
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Katy and her grandpa's fight against pancreatic cancer
My life has rarely unfolded in a way that I would describe as “expected,” and this summer is no exception. On June 14th, I will be next to my mom at the US Capitol in Washington, DC advocating ...
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Illustration by Allie Goertz
Facebook is arguably the most essential tool of our generation. Most of us use it on a daily (and probably hourly) basis. Staying connected to people near and far has never been this easy. But staying so connected with everyo...
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Gabbing with a ghostly Boooookowski
By Daniel Perez
Alone, I sit in a San Pedro graveyard waiting for Henry Charles Bukowski Jr. The headstone reads “Don’t Try,” but, Mr. Bukowski, I will try. It was always a dream of mine to interview my favorite...
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Graphic by Katy Parker
By Leo Portugal
[Note: I hate spoilers, and you shouldn’t read this if you do too.]
Everyone knows that the tale of Harry Potter begins with death, as Voldemort slays Lily and James Potter. But not everyone knows that the ...
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April Fools just happened, and I guess it’s a new thing now for websites on the internet on computers to have their own April Fools pranks. The sites usually prank their visitors by making the site terrible for the whole day. I love a good joke, don’t...
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While in Hong Kong on a university trip to present brands and advertisements that address the Hong Kong pollution problem, my graphic design class and I got the opportunity to visit Eight Partnership, a well-known branding and advertising agency. We liste...
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Panel by women, for women
Equal Pay Day is a national event that takes place every April 12. Statistically, a woman would have to work three months and 12 days more than a man to make the same annual amount.
I never had to worry about pay discriminat...
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Illustration by Erich Fey
by Folashade Alford
I finally got a story. Thanks to James Kislingbury, former Entertainment Editor. No thanks to the rest of you keeping all your feelings bottled up inside. One more thing, last time the column ran, it had an ...
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STUNTS!
Leo Portugal told me that my favorite thing is stunts. I guess in some ways that is true. I grew up watching and idolizing Jackie Chan. I’d go down to the local video store and rent such classics as Rumble in the Bronx and Supercop, and wa...
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Illustration by Victor Camba
At an early age, I learned that streaking gets a huge laugh. I’d be splish splashing, taking a bath and I’d hear my half-brother, Augie—imagine a blonde Marky Mark—in the living room with his 18-year-old friends. Li...
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Illustration by Victor Camba
You don’t need to read about my childhood. Go on Netflix, watch Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire. I’m Sapphire, the writer of Push. Money, please.
I didn’t really know my youth contained abnorma...
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By Folashade Alford
Last week, I was checking knowyourmeme.com and came across an entry on a My Little Pony meme. The original target audience for the My Little Pony cartoon is little girls, but the show has been growing amongst male adults. People from ...
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I am by no means a big Anime fan. Sure, I have seen a lot of the classics of the genre, but it’s just not my usual cup of tea. Summer Wars, on the other, hand is fantastic. The movie was directed by Mamorou Hosoda, the spiritual and artistic successor t...
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This feature was initially going to be about Matt Dupree, former editor and writer for the Union, getting drawn naked in a life drawing setting. In the end, we shied away from that idea because it was quite difficult to get a modeling gig, and we’d ra...
