Signing off: On good journalism
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The Afterword: TikTok leads teens to the slaughter
But how about growing up in the public eye in 2021, at the peak of TikTok’s popularity and social media fanaticism?
The Afterword: The mainstream wellness movement is kind of lying to you
The wellness movement shrouds its scientific failings through daily positive affirmations and fails to consider a person’s entire biopsychosocial framework.
The Afterword: Authentic Angeleno culture gets lost in the Hollywood industrial complex
The basic tourist traps in L.A. do not wholly encompass the city’s soul and spirit.
The Afterword: Framing Britney’ speaks to toxic celebrity culture, race biases
The documentary allows viewers to see the repercussions of toxic celebrity culture, but whether the same understanding applies to all women, particularly Black women, is the next question.
The Afterword: When life gives you lemons, squeeze and watch the free market crumble
The David vs. Goliath-esque takedown of Wall Street by a group of Reddit users revealed power structures designed to protect the rich.
The Afterword: White people take everything from Black culture but the burden
The enduring influence of Black culture in America as well as white people’s enduring exploitation of it is not a matter of opinion — it is fact.
The Afterword: The emergence of ‘InstaFace’ confuses female empowerment
Social media, photo editing apps and cosmetic surgery have normalized unattainable female beauty standards in an unprecedented way, bringing into question the nature of modern female empowerment.