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Peso Pluma: Artist or Prisoner?

October 10, 2025October 6, 2025 Natalia Olivas

Peso Pluma is a famous Mexican singer highly known for his corridos tumbados and regional Mexican music. He quickly rose to fame in 2022 when he collaborated with Eslabon Armado to produce the songs “El Belicon” and “Ella Baila Sola.” He was the first Mexican singer to perform at the

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True Crime TV: Glamorization or Creative Journalism? A Dive Into Ryan Murphy’s World of Monsters

October 9, 2025October 6, 2025 Lily Kreinheder

It’s no new fad that people are intrigued by true crime and gruesome stories. We all know the cult classics such as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Psycho, The Shining, and The Exorcist that have captured the attention of horror fanatics for decades. But what happens when the story becomes real?

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Murder he Wrote: Lyrics on Trial

October 8, 2025October 6, 2025 Mia Mariano

“In the back of my mind, I killed you And I didn’t even regret it I can’t believe I said it But it’s true I hate you.” These are the lyrics of “Romantic Homicide”, written by 20-year-old singer-songwriter dv4d. This song is one of many with a dark theme and

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Hooked on a Hook: The Soundtrack of Substance Use

October 7, 2025October 6, 2025 moriah newberry

The music industry is nothing short of fame, money, power, and influence. Once a star rises to popularity, these key attributes are granted to them from their dearly beloved fans, and the drastic help of social media to enhance their profile. It is arguable that the industry is primarily responsible

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Erasure in Permanent Ink: Genocide Denial Through Graffiti in Serbia

October 6, 2025October 5, 2025 Kyra Martin-Spencer

In 2024, a graffiti message appeared on the side of a building on the busy, touristy Knez Mihailova street in Belgrade, the capital city of the Balkan nation Serbia. The bolded spray paint, written in English, read, “The only genocide in the Balkans, was against the Serbs”. Seemingly in response

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Signed, Sealed, Forged: Inside the Warhol Scam That Fooled Collectors

October 6, 2025October 5, 2025 Molly Skinner

The allure of owning an Andy Warhol is hard to resist. For many collectors, the pop artist’s name carries not only cultural cachet but also the promise of long-term value. That promise, however, became a trap in Palm Beach, where art dealer Daniel Elie Bouaziz built a business on counterfeit

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“This Gas Is Awesome, Dude!”: Art, Humor, and Protest in Gezi Park

October 5, 2025October 4, 2025 Ilise Ziebarth

In May of 2013, what began as a protest to save a few trees in Istanbul’s Gezi Park erupted into one of the most creative, sarcastic, and art-driven resistance movements of the decade. In 2013, Turkey was under the long rule of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his AKP party, but

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Jumping into Racism: The Artistic Origins of Jim Crow

October 5, 2025October 4, 2025 Emma Maloney

Have you ever seen someone impersonate a Black person using blackface? The image above is a poster featuring a white man who purposely covered himself in burnt cork and other products in order to make himself appear black. Nowadays, wearing blackface is widely looked down upon, and is considered a

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Accessibility or Exploitation? The Disabled Identity, Art, and AI

October 4, 2025October 4, 2025 Ellah Fessenden

  Plenty of artists have spoken out about AI “art” and the use of artists’ works—written and visual—to train AI models without the creators’ permission. It’s a tired topic at this point, and it is quite often met with the same counterargument: “What about disabled people? AI makes art accessible.“

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Help or Harm? The Ethics of Mark Laita and Soft White Underbelly

October 4, 2025 Andrew Esteverena

65 year old Mark Laita operates a documentary and interview style Youtube channel known as “Soft White Underbelly” where he has been producing videos for the past decade. His channel features people who are in extremely bad situations. Laita interviews drug addicts, gang members, prostitutes, convicts, and homeless people among

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