It’s a pattern that once an influencer reaches enough fame, they break into creative endeavors like the music industry, Hollywood, Broadway and more. With these industries being so exclusive and hard to break into, it makes sense that once someone has access to money, they pursue their passion. But what these influencers don’t realize is […]
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TikTok is a Better Job Market than Corporate America
Why do so many people want to be influencers? Around 2016, when makeup reviewing was taking over YouTube and Instagram, the average makeup-enjoyer’s feed was filled with beauty reviewers receiving gifts and being paid by brands to talk about new releases. This glamorous lifestyle was of course, curated in part by the brands and the […]
Free Swim Lessons Should be Offered in School as Reparations to Black Families
During slavery and Jim Crow, black people were barred from learning how to swim as a means to handicap them and have them remain reliant on their owners and limit their freedom. After slavery and segregation ended, black people were terrorized by white pool-owners for taking up spaces in supposedly public pools. There are images […]
US Academic Groups Sue White House Over Planned Deportations of Pro-Gaza Students
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the Middle East Studies Association (Mesa) have sued the Trump administration to block the deportation of foreign students who have voiced pro-Palestinian sentiments. This comes after the detainment of Columbia University graduate and green card holder Mahmoud Khalil, and Indian post-doctoral student at Georgetown Badar Khalil, after […]
The Office Siren Trend Shows that Gen Z is Most Comfortable Online and Not In-Person
The office siren phenomenon online is sparking debates about why Gen Z doesn’t understand why some clothes are inappropriate for the office. This conversation has to do with a lot of things: media literacy, modelling, boundaries and more. The content that Gen Z is consuming is fed through the lens of social media where no […]
How to Build Community Without Excluding Autistic People
Autistic people can be great community members when given the chance to show up for others. That requires direct communication and understanding from non-autistic or allistic people that the autistic brain is wired differently than the allistic brain and that autistic emotions show up differently than the emotions of allistic people. The biggest problem autistic […]
Trump Expected to Sign Executive Order Dismantling the Department of Education
Today, Thursday March 20, President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order shutting down the Department of Education (D.O.E.) and returning all education-related decisions to the hands of the state. To begin this process, Education Secretary Linda McMahon slashed the D.O.E.’s workforce in half in compliance with the president’s directive. In response, 21 […]
Proper Stretching Technique Should be Taught in Mandatory P.E. Classes
Those who began working out later in life and weren’t student athletes might not know that there are techniques for weightlifting, exercising and stretching that ensure the exerciser gets the most from their workout and doesn’t harm themself. These techniques are crucial to ensuring the safety of the person working out, and should be taught […]
Musicians are Making Songs to Clearly Suit TikTok, Changing the Scope of The Music Industry
TikTok started as a dance app that allowed any sound to be used as background for users’videos. Overtime, the app has grown to feature much more than dances, although they remain ahuge part of the posts on the app. Nowadays, any soundbites from movies, tv and radio shows, podcasts and more can be used inany […]
Trump Calls for Impeachment of Judge Who Blocked Trump’s Order to Deport Venezuelan Immigrants
On Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump made a post on his social media site,Truth Social, calling for the impeachment of the U.S. District Judge James E. Boasbergafter the judge issued an order blocking deportation flights. Trump invoked the AlienEnemies Act of 1798, previously only used during wartime to deport members of theVenezuelan gang Tren de […]
Hannah Berner’s Interview with Megan thee Stallion Shows Why Journalist Jobs Should Go to Journalists
Influencer Hanna Berner was given the opportunity of a lifetime to interview celebrities on the red carpet at Vanity Fair’s Oscar party, which seems to be happening more and more as influencers grow in popularity. These micro-celebrities are given journalist jobs without any training in journalism, PR or media literacy. With proper training in these […]
Op-Ed: Trump’s Wishy-Washy Nature is Exhausting the Public
Trump’s first presidency was filled with bold claims and non-nuanced takes that drew in people who thought the same way. Many people thought the same way, as the public found out before he stepped into office in 2017. Some older and civically engaged voters knew that he couldn’t follow through on many of his promises, […]
