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The Female Rap Industry: Is it Criminal that Sex Sells

September 26, 2018February 14, 2021 Taylor York

The rap industry, in general, is notorious for demeaning and sexualizing women in the most derogatory fashion. Slurs such as b*tch and whore are among the regular verbiage used to depict women. Women are objectified lyrically and in the majority of the music videos promoted by rappers. Moreover, women in

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The Positive Portrayal of Killers In Television Shows

September 24, 2018February 14, 2021 Aubrey Schafer

The depiction of fictive serial killers in television shows such as Dexter, Hannibal, and The Bates Motel is often more positive than the portrayal of killers in the news and online articles. Serial killers are illustrated in television shows as conflicted, moralistic, intelligent, caring, or sympathetic. While killers in the

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Tim Lambesis – A Case of Separating the Art from the Artist

September 23, 2018February 14, 2021 Daniel Teeling

The issue of artists having their work protested and even removed from many platforms for their actions has been a huge topic in the media for the recent past. Bill Cosby. Kevin Spacey. James Gunn. In most of these cases, the general public has rejected their artwork due to personal

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The “Perfect” Selfie

September 21, 2018February 14, 2021 Olivia Regalia

It is safe to say that the majority of humans in the current era have taken at least one selfie in their lifetime. Let’s all be honest, there is no such thing as just one selfie. Once you take one, you often find yourself changing faces, altering the lighting, or

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The Crime in Normalization

September 20, 2018February 14, 2021 Parnaz Rezaie Boroon

It all began with a television show. Curiosity sprung in me as it became a tradition for me to watch Monk with my mother every Friday night. We would sit on the couch for hours on end as we followed a detective with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder interestingly find a way to

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The Art of The Dick Pic

September 19, 2018February 14, 2021 Andrea Schreck

There is no argument or doubt towards the fact that paintings from the renaissance time period are incredibly popular and are still studied by students, art critics, and simple citizens even though they are intensely graphic. People travel from all over to visit old art relics such as Michelangelo’s The

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Bakers Refusal to Create Cake

September 18, 2018February 14, 2021 Maddie Ward

Whether it is the 30 second Tastemade videos or the dozens of shows that have taken over television, baking and the artists that make these goods have become a sensation. We are consumed by not only the taste of these sweet treats, but the look of them as well. The

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The Pirate Boats that Rocked and Rolled

September 17, 2018February 14, 2021 Delaney Heil

The 1960’s are often synonymous with rock & roll music, as some of the best of the genre debuted at that time. And while The Rolling Stones and The Beatles were igniting the craze in the United States, their home country of Britain refused to play the music that was

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A Classical Music Mystery Triad

September 17, 2018February 14, 2021 Elizabeth Montague-Jones

The historical biographies of both musical composers Antonio Salieri (1750-1825) and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) involves a triad including mystery, musical art, and suspicious death. Antonio Salieri was born August 18th, 1750 in Legnago, Italy, to a father, who he was denominated after, and to a mother who there is

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Can We Still Watch Woody Allen Movies?

September 16, 2018February 14, 2021 Da Yeoun Moon

Everyone knows Woody Allen’s predatory obsession with young girls has a long history. Starting in 1992, he faced accusations of sexual assault by his own adoptive daughter, Dylan Farrow, who was only seven at the time. After denying all the allegations made against him throughout the child custody trials, he

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