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Apr 14, 2023

TikTok Ban Timeline

Image from Creative Commons In 2016, an internet technology company known as ByteDance created an app named A.me. The app intended to provide an accessible platform where users can create and share original video content. Three months later A.me was renamed to “Douyin,” (抖音 dǒuyīn) which translates to movement in sound or “shaking music.” In…

Mar 23, 2023

Welcome to Fourth Wave Feminism

Intersectional feminism began to make an appearance in American discourse around the 1990s. This perspective shed light on a new way to interpret contemporary issues within feminism. The theory of intersectional feminism was founded on the idea that oppression experienced by women should never be perceived as a one-size-fits-all phenomenon. The linear platform of popular…

Mar 9, 2023

Menstrual Reform Around the World

Spain became the first Western European country to pass legislation giving access to paid menstrual leave early in February. The push for reform began in the progressive Catalan region, an autonomous community in Spain. Within the city of Girona, conversations about allowing individuals to take paid menstrual leave began popping up; this led to a…

Mar 9, 2023

A Ride through Disney’s Cinematic History

The Disney film “Song of the South,” had its theatrical release in 1946, during a renaissance in animation creation. In March, 1948, the 20th Academy Awards gave the actor James Baskett, who played Uncle Remus, an Oscar for his performance in “Song of the South.” The film won numerous Oscars and awards, due to its…

Feb 27, 2023

Cecilia Vicuñas Purpose for Art

What is the purpose of art? Humans find themselves consumed in this perpetual infinity of abstraction. Some assume the purpose of art is to orchestrate some grandiose societal change, others suggest art serves a utilitarian purpose, thus waiting room art is born. Among the vast amounts of ideologies, Cecilia Vicuña gives the world a unique…