When people think of rats, people imagine the dirty streets of a big city infested with disease, disgust, and dumps. But in Germany, rats were people: and in need of exterminating. After WWI, the Germans struggled and needed an easy target to blame the failure of their nation on, birthing
Art restoration is the act of repairing and cleaning damaged or old works of art. The goal is to return the artwork in a form that is as close as possible to the original. A conservator is a person trained to use art, history, and science to examine, preserve, and
Everyone has seen the spikes on the ledges of buildings, seemingly random armrests placed in the middle of benches, sloped ledges next to buildings; these are all examples of a form of architecture that has increasingly become the norm around the world. Hostile architecture are designs that are meant to
Princess and the Frog, Mulan, 101 Dalmatians, we have all watched at least one of these movies in our childhoods. Hundreds of thousands of the current adult population has grown up on Disney animated films. In particular, the hand drawn animated films with the vibrant watercolor backgrounds, whimsical character drawings,
In 2024, a man was arrested in Pennsylvania for murdering his neighbor with a knife and a battery-operated chainsaw while wearing a Ghostface mask and an all-black outfit. In 2018, an attacker attempted to murder a 56-year-old woman in her own home wearing a Scream mask. These are just two
I often try to separate art from the artist, but I have a hard time doing that with Kanye West. From consistent outbursts in the media and offensive comments to controversial lyrics, he has negatively impacted the bipolar community by reinforcing harmful stereotypes. He is an extremely influential artist, so
What better way to garner attention for a cause than to get naked for it? The international feminist activist movement FEMEN often protests topless, and it has sparked controversy among many. According to Brut., FEMEN was founded in 2008 in Ukraine to combat issues in the country that were being
The Louvre Museum heist in 2025 showed that even the world’s most famous museums are not fully safe from burglary. On October 19, 2025, four criminals broke into the Louvre in Paris during regular visitation hours and stole eight pieces of French royal jewelry from the Galerie d’Apollon. Crowns, necklaces,
Controversy surrounding dance costumes for young girls is an ongoing issue that goes much further than simply what they wear. It is not a new issue that girls are being put in overly sexualized outfits for performances, whether that be sports, dance, theater, or entertainment. There are so many times
James’s Fifty Shades of Grey (2011) became a global bestseller and a 2015 Universal Pictures film. Most of the time, “objectification” carries a negative charge. To objectify someone is to see them as a body, a role, or a thing to be used. We usually think of it as something