BLOG — Danielle Starkey: Writer, Producer & Creative Strategist

on wordle & hbo's euphoria

do i laugh at the memes and revel in the drama? yup. have i watched the show or played the game? well….

Danielle StarkeyFebruary 18, 2022thoughts, hbo, television, mediaComment

letter to my sister on our late mother's birthday

poetry

Danielle StarkeyJuly 10, 2019Comment

"House-Rich, Millennial Edition": On Looking Rich While Being Poor

What happens when your upward mobility outpaces the effects of poverty on your brain?

Danielle StarkeyApril 10, 2019Comment

I'm sick of my friends dying.

Pondering the passing of youthful people on the day Mac Miller passed.

Danielle StarkeySeptember 7, 2018Comment

Exploring the Intersections Between Capitalism and Contemporary Feminism: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Online Persona of Emily Weiss, CEO of Glossier Cosmetics

In this rhetorical analysis, I examine the marketing prowess of Glossier founder and CEO Emily Weiss and how her personal brand intertwines with that of her company's.

Danielle StarkeyFebruary 26, 2018social media, cosmetics, beauty, celebrities, capitalism, feminism, fame, cultureComment

Syncretization as a Means of Preservation: Examining Western European Colonialism in West Africa Through the Lens of Ethnocentrism

This piece provides a framework for the ways in which enslaved peoples both resisted colonial rule during the transatlantic slave trade and syncretized the foreign and dominating ideologies with their own to create new meaning in times of turmoil and strife.

Danielle StarkeyFebruary 26, 2018black, race, colonialism, academic, sociologyComment

White Gaze, Black Art: The Influence of Black Culture on White America & The Resistance of Appropriation and Exploitation

In this sociological assessment of appropriation, I use the lens of the entertainment industry to analyze the commodification of culture that happens across racial lines.

Danielle StarkeyFebruary 26, 2018race, whiteness, blackness, entertainment, cultureComment

a collection of thoughts, in varying stages of completeness

Powered by Squarespace