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A Slap Heard Across the Internet: How Brooke Houts’ Career Imploded Overnight

September 25, 2025 Hailey Keegan

One editing slip up revealed the dark side of a seemingly perfect Youtube vlogger, and it would eventually lead to her career’s demise. Brooke Houts posted her first Youtube video on November 23, 2015, uploading various styles of content, whether that be “get ready with me’s”, daily vlogs, or prank

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Art or Exploitation: Maddie Ziegler’s Role in Sia’s Controversial Vision

September 22, 2025 Abbey Bennett

Maddie Ziegler is an American dancer, actress, and model who first rose to fame as the breakout star of the reality series Dance Moms. Recognized for her extraordinary talent at a young age, she quickly transcended reality TV and became a cultural figure when pop artist Sia cast her as

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Instinct and Interpretation: Creating Art from True Crime

September 18, 2025 DigitalArtistNari

I am submitting this artwork because I believe the intersection of art and crime is highly relevant. True crime has become extremely popular online and has fostered its own engaged community. As an artist, I have always processed and communicated existential events—this time through the lens of true crime analysis.

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The Exploitation of Child Actors

October 11, 2023September 30, 2024 LezzlesC

When we watch child actors on tv, we must ask ourselves, how many of these kids actually want to be in show biz? Sure, there are child actors that love what they do, but what about the ones that were exposed to the world of Hollywood by their parents from

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The Glorified Bad Boy with a Good Heart

May 7, 2023May 7, 2023 shannon

In a culture where crime television is viewed by millions, are we as a society justifying the image of the bad boys with good hearts we see on tv? Shows, like Law & Order and CSI, provide viewers the opportunity to look into the ways in which these dangerous criminals

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Street art vandalized by lame graffiti! What is the big deal?

April 29, 2023April 24, 2023 Gerardo Soto

Street art can be considered a crime if it is done without the permission of the property owner or the local authorities. This is because it involves altering or painting on public or private property without the owner’s consent, which can be seen as an act of vandalism or trespassing.

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Using Art to Rehabilitate Inmates and Reduce Recidivism Rates

April 18, 2023April 14, 2023 Anna Chen

Art and crime have always found a unique interrelationship connecting them legally and illegally. Uniquely art is being used in many correction facilities as a rehabilitation program. It has been found to aid in improving inmates’ mental health, allowing them to express themselves freely; also, it comes as an additional

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Rap Music: Self-expression or Violence

February 4, 2022February 4, 2022 gabbiesison

Creating rap music is one way human beings can express themselves through the sharps and flats of a key, the rhyming pattern of the lyrics, and the rests, the beats, or the speed of the song. It was a new form of art that began in the streets of New

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Double Standards of the Female Actress

December 10, 2021December 10, 2021 Madelyn Huss

For many years, there has been an ongoing argument as to why women do not receive the same compensation as men do for similar jobs. There have been several suggestions as to why women may not do as well in the work field including having family duties, not having the

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Exploitation of Older People in Online Dating

November 14, 2021 Haley Savage

In the age of online dating it can be very difficult to find out who you are actually talking to. Hence the popular term “catfishing” or the process of luring someone into a relationship by means of a fictional online persona. While younger generations have mastered the ability to point

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