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When Murder Becomes Content: The Art and Exploitation of True Crime

October 11, 2026 Lara

One of the most favored kinds of entertainment in contemporary media is true crime. Real murders are frequently turned into narratives for the general public through podcasts, documentaries, TV shows, books, and social media posts. These narratives are meticulously crafted works of art, but they are also frequently presented as

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Were they cursed or was it a tragedy? Exploring the Glee Curse and why we seek conspiracy in celebrity deaths

October 10, 2026 Mariah P

   If you are not familiar, Glee is a comedy/drama TV show created by Ryan Murphy that ran from 2009-2015. With six seasons, plenty of episodes, and 40-minute durations, this show was centered around a Glee club at McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio. The Glee Club is composed of

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From Concern to Controversy: The Two Sides of the Ariana Grande “Wicked” Debate

December 10, 2025 moriah newberry

Wicked, a classic broadway show that has been known for many years now has recently released a second film in its series and has become among the top categories for entertainment. The movie itself gained massive popularity for its casting of singer Ariana Grande. Many fans were instantly hinged to

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“If somebody did it to your kid, you’d do it too”: The Case of Gary Plauché

December 4, 2025 Andrew Esteverena

What comes to mind when you think of vigilante justice? Batman? What about a case of someone taking justice into their own hands when our legal systems fail to deliver it? What about before our legal systems even have a chance to deliver justice? There are numerous such cases of

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The Perfect Little Girl, the Perfect Media Story

November 9, 2025November 10, 2025 Ilise Ziebarth

JonBenét Ramsey captivated the public long before her tragic death with a carefully curated image from her success in child beauty pageants. By the age of six, she had already earned an impressive collection of titles, including Little Miss Colorado, Little Miss Charlevoix, Colorado State All-Star Kids Cover Girl, America’s

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Silencing Journalism in the Philippines on the War on Drugs

October 28, 2025 Jordan Elise Alfaro

Imagine being criminally charged for spreading awareness of injustice in your country. Can you stay silent with the innocent children and people dying? Is it wrong to report crimes that your president and the police force have committed? Some people may say yes and continue to be ignorant in their

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Vandalizing the Archive: Trump, Surkov, and the Spectacle of Fake News

September 30, 2025October 6, 2025 trevor chen

“These are just dishonest, terrible people. I’m telling you that, terrible people,” vocalized President Donald Trump at a MAGA rally in Evansville, Indiana, on August 30, 2018 (Right Side Broadcasting Network). These are not just words being thrown around. They are a part of Donald Trump’s continuing effort to delegitimize

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The Tragedy of The Wizard of the OZ

December 5, 2024 Sophia Villa

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

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Jesusexification: The Hubris of Jens Jørgen Thorsen

October 26, 2024 Zoe Yahrling

Pornography was legalized in Denmark on July 1st, 1969. One of the first countries to allow the film genre to proliferate legally. A triumph in the world of nymphomaniacs and sexual deviants everywhere (well, at least in Denmark). It was time to celebrate this “sex”-cellent news. Jens Jørgen Thorsen had

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Framing the Narrative: Media Influence in the Central Park 5 Case

October 22, 2024 Margo Lundeen

On April 19th, 1989, Trisha Meili was brutally raped and almost killed. Meili was going on a casual run late that evening around Central Park in New York City. This night would go down in history as one of the worst criminal cases of inequality in the legal system. That

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