Doomsday capitalism forces us to reanalyze fast fashion ethics
Arielle Andrews, Contributing Writer “None of this will matter when the world ends,” my friend said quietly one evening. It was after I had brought up a tweet I saw criticizing the impact of fast fashion on climate change. Fast fashion is the rapid production and marketing of large volumes of clothing to keep up […]
Mirror, mirror on the wall: Who is the fairest of them all?
Kofi Mframa, Opinions Editor Nella Larson’s “Passing” follows the reunion of childhood friends, Clare Kendry and Irene Redfield, two light-skinned Black women who “pass” as white — albeit in different ways. The book centers on “racial-passing” and the pleasures and tragedies that come with it. This book and the Netflix adaptation really got me thinking […]
Meditation: A Way To Be Present In Reality
Teairrah Green, Contributing Writer Sometimes in class, the professor’s words seem to be background noise to my internal thoughts. When this happens, I tend to zone in and out of conversations. I pay more attention to small details and my unconscious thoughts. Daydreaming, zoning out or dissociation are all words to describe feeling disconnected from […]
TikTok normalized oversharing, but the risks may outweigh the benefits
Breyana Stewart, Contributing Writer “Anxious & Insecure” reads TikTok user Abby Choi’s profile biography. Her most popular video garnered 1.4 million views, 194.5 thousand likes and about 4.7 thousand comments as of Feb. 15. In said video, Choi discusses her lack of romantic experiences and her feelings surrounding it. Some commenters offered words of support […]
‘The Bachelor’ shows reality TV love is far from real
Sage Ludwig, Contributing Writer Hannah Brown, “The Bachelorette” of season 15, got happily engaged to contestant Jed Wyatt after rejecting Tyler Cameron’s proposal. After a couple of days of off-camera romance, it was finally revealed that Wyatt had a secret girlfriend the whole time. Yes, the whole time he was supposedly falling “in love” with […]