Fast Fashion Being Wasteful is Less Daunting as More People Learn How to Sew

Fast fashion is a problem because consumerism breeds more consumerism as people want to keep up with trends and stay on style. Brands that make fast fashion styles out of polyester materials become the face of fashion and beauty and oversaturate the market, so even people who don’t care about keeping up with trends and […]

Just Give the Job to Lin-Manuel Miranda at this Point

“In The Heights,” “Encanto,” “Moana,” “The Little Mermaid,” “Hamilton,” “Mary Poppins Returns,” and “Tick, Tick…Boom!” Shall I keep going? These are all movies and musicals where Lin-Manuel Miranda has worked his magic. Everything Miranda has worked on has been a major hit.  In 2002, Miranda and John Buffalo Mailer worked with director Thomas Kail to […]

Can We Just Let Women Age Naturally?

What’s the obsession with looking younger than you are and going under the knife just to look a certain way? Why can’t we just let women age like they were supposed to? It’s probably because of the criticism women get.  We hear this all the time, with men (and women) preferring “natural” women but criticizing […]

Where does Paige Bueckers go from here?

After years of setbacks, injuries, and heartbreaks – the UConn Huskies Women’s Basketball has finally won the NCAA title. This past Sunday, UConn demolished South Carolina 82 – 59. An impressive feat considering South Carolina was the previous champion. It was gratifying, as UConn has not reached a title game since 2016, so to see […]

Transparency and Honesty are Valuable Currency in the Midst of a Recession

When it’s hard to get a job, grocery prices are through the roof, and people are on the verge of homelessness every day, having needs and being ashamed to talk about them will be the death of society. Being ashamed of struggling is normal, but that doesn’t make shame easier to deal with or talk […]

Beijing raises tariffs on US goods to 125%

China raised its tariffs on U.S. goods in retaliation to the White House raising its levy on Chinese goods to 125 percent, on top of the 20 percent tax already on the goods. The world’s two biggest economies continue their tit-for-tat trade war, which has caused the cost of trade to soar and raised concerns […]

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