Sexual Empowerment or Reckless Endangerment?
Once, when I was sitting around with some friends, we were on the subject of how irredeemable men are. To give an example of one of my negative experiences with…
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Foucault, Data, and Human Intimacy in the Age of Surveillance Capitalism
What is really mine anymore? On any given day, I’m letting little bits and pieces of my personal life become available to someone—or something—else. I don’t read the terms and…
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Our Lady of Autoeroticism: Catholicism, Capitalism, and Female Masturbation
Catholic News Service (CNS) takes its Movie Reviews section very seriously. Propelled by their mission to evaluate films based on their alignment with Scriptures and prominent religious teachings, the CNS…
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Seeing Instagram for What It Is: For-Profit
As the COVID-19 pandemic has rendered in-person interactions risky and unsafe, social media has become our primary point of contact with others. It’s how we transport our relationships online, how…
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The Body-Positive Movement Will Not Be Advertised
When Rihanna had her Savage X Fenty show this past October, people were enraptured by the unprecedented display of body diversity. There were your typical supermodels like Gigi Hadid and…
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All My Homies Hate Retail Therapy
In my six months of quarantine, there have been many days when I’ve only gotten out of bed to retrieve my latest Lush Cosmetics impulse buy. Getting a whiff of…
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Yes, We Said “Eat the Rich”
I read a post last month informing me that even if I started saving $10,000 a week when the Egyptian pyramids were built, I still wouldn’t be as rich as…
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It’s Deeper Than Daisies: Marxism, Cottagecore, and Aesthetic Resistance
Sunlight streaming through the treetops, fresh bread baking, baby animals frolicking in fields—these are just a few of the images that characterize cottagecore, an emerging internet subculture dedicated to a…
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Privilege, Partying, and the “Work Hard, Play Harder” Lifestyle
“Work hard, play harder” is a mantra adopted with a brazen enthusiasm (and pride) in student communities and, later on, professional workplaces across the Western world. In an increasingly secular…
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Under Neoliberalism, Corporations Guilt Us Into Buying More
What does it mean to vote with your dollar? To Gen Z, it means putting your money where your morals are. More than any generation before, Gen Z considers not…
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