Category: Culture
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A Review of Threads: The Future of Community Building?
On Wednesday night, I was surprised to see that I was invited to download the app Threads. Threads is the new social media platform from Meta made to rival Twitter. I quickly went to download the app because I knew it would be a moment in social media history. It’s been a week since then,…
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The WGA Strike Is A Moment in Both Labor & Entertainment History
30 Rock. Breaking Bad. iCarly. Lost. Girlfriends. Bionic Woman. What do all these shows have in common? They were all affected during the writers’ strike of 2007-2008. Some of them were simply postponed, while others were outright cancelled. When the Writer’s Guild of America, I was very invested in seeing how this strike would go…
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Colleen Ballinger’s Apology: The Musical
On June 28th, 2023, Colleen Ballinger made internet history in the worst way possible. She uploaded a somber ten-minute video titled ‘hi’. The audience assumed this was Colleen Ballinger’s apology. However, the YouTuber used a ukulele and a song to address the recent accusations against her. Everyone who watched shared the same feeling: Is this…
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