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Is it wrong for a beauty guru to use a darker shade foundation?

September 29, 2019February 14, 2021 Vanissa Tsang

There is currently an ongoing controversy on Twitter happening after someone posted a video about a day ago regarding a beauty make up artist by the name Amy Malcedo for using a darker shade foundation than her skin tone. This sparked an outage from the Twitter community, particularly POC who

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Taking Years Off of Their Lives: Where is the Punishment?

September 28, 2019February 14, 2021 Layla Ybarra-Harvey

Prison is a corrupt system. Inmates are raped, beaten, often by the guards and staff at prison. It separates you from your family, leaves you in fear. When you get out, you have a criminal record, which makes it extremely hard to get a new life started. A lot of

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The Man Who Named a Road After His Name

September 27, 2019February 14, 2021 Jiahao Liu

  In 2017, Ge Yulu, 27, a graduate with a Master’s degree in Experimental Art from China Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), rose to fame in China because of one of his works of art: he had secretly named a road in Beijing after himself three years ago, and

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Talk About It

September 26, 2019February 14, 2021 Parniya Khosravi

I found this post while just going through twitter, and it really resonated with me, as it could just naturally disrupt someone’s walk through the neighborhood. Painted simply on the sidewalk, it brings to light the tragedy and violent crime that occurred in that space that one could be walking

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Guerilla Art or Guerilla Warfare?

September 25, 2019February 14, 2021 Stevon Marshall

“How illegal is it to vandalize a wall”, proposed by Banksy on his website which acquainted viewers to his Wall project, if the wall itself has been deemed unlawful by the International Court of Justice? However, the project had the overwhelming support of the Israeli public and was deemed legal

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Animals in Contemporary Art

September 24, 2019February 14, 2021 Yuan Tian

In 2000, there was an exhibition called ‘Helena’ created by Marco Evaristti. This exhibition put ten functioning blenders on the table, and each blender containing a live goldfish. The blenders were plugged in and if anyone press the yellow button, the goldfish will die. Therefore, people will decide the lives

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My Everyday Life as a Woman

September 24, 2019February 14, 2021 Michelle Moreno

I was once told “c’mon being a woman can’t be that serious or that hard” and I sarcastically laughed. I laughed, not because I thought his comment was by any means funny but because I thought — how can I as a woman explain to this man how frightening it

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Richard Speck and his Life Incarcerated

September 23, 2019February 14, 2021 Justin Choi

After being found guilty of murder and spending time in prison, a video surfaces of Speck crossdressing in woman’s underwear under his prison garment. Next to him is another prisoner and a tray with white powder. The prisoner next to Speck asks him to stand and strip. Speck complies and

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Ted Bundy – Vintage T-shirts

September 22, 2019February 14, 2021 Sophie Concordel

In the Netflix series “Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes” two journalist set out to to get the definitive story of the infamous Ted Bundy. They expose the tapes that they recorded with Ted Bundy and go through his story and trouble with the law. It is made

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My Culture for Your Fashion

September 22, 2019February 14, 2021 Thiri Thu

In 2018, Zara announced a new product that was a “flowing skirt with draped detail in the front” selling at $90. Seemingly harmless clothing caused an uproar and mockery upon Zara. The skirt was too identical to longyi that is widely worn by men for comfort and cultural purposes in

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