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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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Sympathy for Rapist

September 21, 2019February 14, 2021 hungertolearn01

13 Reasons Why is a young adult novel written in 2007 by Jay Asher. It is the story of a young high school student that descends into despair by the immense amount of betrayal, bullying, that lead to her committing suicide. This show tries to target controversial topics to have

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Romanticizing Assisted Suicide?

September 20, 2019February 14, 2021 Jannat Mann

“Me Before You” is a novel written by JoJo Moyes in 2012 that was produced as a romantic drama film in 2016 directed by Thea Sharrock. In this story we have two major characters: Louisa “Lou” Clark (Emilia Clarke), and William “Will” Traynor (Sam Claflin). The general storyline is that

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Do tattoos indicate the personality of the person

September 20, 2019February 14, 2021 Kirlus Moawad

Tattoos today are more common now than they were in the history of tattoos. Today, we can se kids starting at 16, with the consent of their parents, getting their first tattoos. Even then, the yo get one you more than lay want another. But do the number of tattoos

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Crimesploitation of Poverty

September 19, 2019February 14, 2021 Alexandra Garcia

America criminalizes poverty in the way that if you are unsheltered and living on the street, you can be arrested and jailed. In the meantime, people are able to pay money to be able to visit parks and camp out overnight. This is the criminalization of poverty. This picture is

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