Police brutality is hilarious. At least, that’s what the internet thinks. In early May of 2018, Childish Gambino released a single called “This is America,” which highlights the struggles black people in America face, including police brutality and gun violence. Above all of this though, Gambino pushes the fact that
In 2016, an estimated 27.1 million people in the United States had used an illegal drug just within a month’s span. Do you fall into this category? Regardless if you are one of those people, the controversy regarding drugs has been going on longer than most of us have existed.
In Brazil, not only is universal healthcare a right – so is beauty. In the public hospitals of Brazil plastic surgeries are subsidized by the government. As one of the largest consumers of plastic surgery in the world, Brazil has nearly half a million of these free or low-cost surgeries
Art is a luxury. Historically, the majority of those who were accepted into the exclusive world of art were of affluence, nobility, or both. With such group affiliation came expectations of distinct behavior, mannerisms, and moral ground that differentiated them from the outsiders. The title of an artist insinuated a
January 2008 brought about the tragic news of the incredible actor, Heath Ledger’s, death. Did his role as The Joker play a vital part in his passing? Does this shine light on the limits the entertainment industry pushes its actors and artists to? Ledger passed at age 28 of an
THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM INCLUDES COARSE LANGUAGE AND DUE TO ITS CONTENT SHOULD NOT BE VIEWED BY ANYONE Throughout its 21 seasons, South Park has been a popular cultural staple as well as a satirical source of subversive commentary on life. Creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker have used the show
Everyone remembers their first time with their mother, right? Jerry Falwell sure didn’t. In fact, he was so sure that he didn’t have sex with his mother that he took Hustler Magazine to court. Back in the 1980’s, Jerry Falwell was one of the most influential televangelists in society. He
What started as a politically active group of college students in 1969 became a terroristic group intent on carrying out bombings in the U.S. through the 1970’s. In an act of protest against the United States government for its actions in the Vietnam War, a group was created known as
There are cyborgs living among us and the movement is growing. Bio-hacking or the process of hacking technology to “upgrade” your own body either by surgical insertion of applying it to the skin is a new trend that arose in the last 15 years among the body augmentation crowd. These
In almost everyone’s minds, drugs and crime go hand in hand but what if this perception was changed. What about the relationship between drugs and art? From some of the earliest moments in children’s education, at least in the United States, we learn that drugs are these substances that when