We live in a digital age, where artistic expression thrives across platforms like TikTok where one post has the ability to jumpstart the career of any artist. With the internet’s easy accessibility, can anyone truly regulate the content being presented to audiences? Felix Morelo’s work serves as a contentious symbol
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As a trend, humans love discovery, and to have discovery, you need mystery. Something that is deeply unknown to us is our own brains. The way we think and the way we are is something that simply happens. Philosophers, psychologists, and nearly anyone with a slight curiosity would be searching
Moderators are used on every social media platform including Facebook, Instagram, and even the Art Crime Archive. Their job is to sift through all of the objectionable content that users try to upload and block that content from being posted. Their job is just like any other where they work
In February of 2024, a junior high art teacher, Mario Perron, at a school in Canada was accused of using his personal website to sell the artwork of student’s without their permission or even their knowledge. Perron assigned his students a project in which they were required to create a
TikTok, the app beloved by many in Gen Z, is facing significant controversy. Creators with over 1,000 followers can profit from the platform, particularly through TikTok Live streams, which have become the primary income source for many users. But the big question remains: how much of this revenue truly benefits
You read the title correctly, a Chinese man was revealed to have donated a grand total of $550,000 to a single twitch streamer over the span of 2024. This money was obtained in various ways, most notably from using his family’s life savings and also theft. Why? The reasoning is
The Walt Disney Company has embarked on an era of change in light of criticism of prior media work. Audiences have expressed a desire for more representation that reflects themselves leading to Disney progressively making an effort to fulfill the audience’s wishes and accommodate the “woke” movement. As a result
As the new movie Wicked is premiering over Thanksgiving weekend, it is bringing back attention to the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. The Wizard of Oz is an American musical fantasy film that was an adaptation of the 1900 children’s fantasy novel. The story is about an imaginative teen
In the music world, the face of a singer or rapper often becomes the symbol of a song’s success. Fans idolize performers, assuming that powerful lyrics and catchy melodies come directly from their favorite stars’ minds. However, behind many chart-topping tracks is a hidden figure: the ghostwriter. These unseen contributors
In the early 1990s, mega toy company Mattel struggled to sell Ken dolls and searched for a solution. They began with a focus group of Barbie’s target demographic, young girls, who were asked if they thought Barbie and Ken should break up. The consensus was that the Barbie fans still