Trigger Warning: Sexual Assualt, Blackface, and Suicide. Is it just me, or does it feel like everyone and their mother was “canceled” over the last weekend? From Jeffree Star and Shane Dawson to Jimmy Kimmel to Justin Bieber and Ansel Elgort, multiple “is Over Party”...
On Instagram, a teenager posts a video of a group of friends doing different types of vaping tricks. One girl blows out the smoke, and it forms an O-shape and little clouds. Music is playing in the background, and the friends are laughing and smiling toward the...
Cal Newport’s “Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World” discusses and tackles the issue of distractions caused by our cell phones, arguing that the low-quality leisure time we receive from the activities I mention (and more) are limiting the...
As I was scrolling through Instagram the other day, I noticed something in common between the people that I follow. Everyone had reposted a video on the effects of climate change on the coral reef on their story. While the video was very informative, I had to wonder:...
“Sister WENT OFF!” a freshman girl with Doc Martens, mom jeans, two shirts, and a pink velvet scrunchie exclaims across my high school campus. I, along with many others, would agree that such an occurrence is anything but unusual. But this common style and sense of...
School confession pages are a widely used digital platform in which people can post opinions and questions anonymously. However, most users abusively use this platform to post the latest gossip and hate against a fellow student or group. At the California School of...
"Truth or dare," I text him. "Truth," he says. "Are you happy?" I ask. "What’s wrong with you," he says back. I press on. Seriously. "I guess," he responds, after a few moments. "That’s a weird question. Truth or dare?" "Truth," I say back. "How many guys have you...
Social media is undoubtedly one of the most powerful advancements of our generation. From Myspace to Facebook, Instagram and countless more, social media has grown from a casual pastime to a prominent aspect of the modern lifestyle. But for all the benefits and...
Sexual experimentation now takes place in a technological world where naked images can easily be shared without consent while leaving life-altering consequences for victims. Nonconsensual pornography is defined as the distribution of sexually graphic images of...
Billie Eilish is unlike any other artist in the music industry. At just the age of 16, she has found her voice and she's already killing it. Her inspiration is drawn from artists like Lana Del Rey and Tyler, The Creator, but she has created her own original sound...
