Eminem could easily be considered one of the most controversial musical artists since the beginning of music. His songs are full of profanities, sociopathic rants, murder, rape, and a lot of hate laden fantasies. When his first music was released, nothing like it had ever been made before and on
Year: 2020
The richest place in the world is cyberspace and the most valuable commodity there is information. On July 23, multibillion-dollar tech giant Garmin, who produces smartwatches and aviation products with world renown GPS capabilities, suffered major outages. The outages stemmed from a ransomware that hacked their servers, instituted by the
In our current century of the self, our propensity to express ourselves with manufactured identities is nothing short of ironic. In fact, In The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, Goffman summarizes this phenomenon, “assum[ing] that when an individual appears before others he will have many motives for trying to
Performance artist Santiago Sierra is known for controversial art pieces that address systems of power that operate in our everyday lives, whether we acknowledge it or not. These operations that Sierra uncovers are usually those that marginalize and/or exploit certain populations within our society. To showcase these systemic injustices, Sierra
Listening to the radio might be a relatively passive activity, but in some cases, the process of curating the public’s listening experience is not only active and deliberate; it is targeted. To the average listener enjoying a country radio station, there may appear to be nothing amiss or overtly discriminatory
Flags represent more than just the images that they actually display- for example, the U.S. flag represents all 50 states, our government, and our people; the rainbow flag is a symbol for the LGBTQ community. That being said, certain flags associated with certain groups of people, governments, or beliefs can
William Randolph Hearst, American politician and newspaper publisher, is known today largely for his influential landmark, the Hearst Castle. Hearst was able to massively popularize his news outlet using yellow journalism. This was essentially the predecessor of modern clickbait articles, as he would publish stories with little to no legitimate
Sacha Baron Cohen, well-known for his role as Borat in the 2006 mockumentary Borat, recently came back into the spotlight with his sequel, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, released October 23, 2020. Similar to the original film, Cohen not only starred in the sequel but produced the film and contributed to its
Art, at its core and by definition, is subjective. What one person loves or considers a masterpiece, many others may find as mediocre or even poor. In an ideal artistic case, it does not matter to the artist what people think of their work, only that it evokes a reaction.
Everyone is familiar with the company “Nike” at this point, and I am sure you have heard your fair share of controversial opinions regarding their fair-trade practices, as well as other minor disputes through the company’s history. Another big company I’m sure you are all familiar with is “Newport Tobacco.”