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From Chore to Show: The Problem of Performative Cleaning 

From Chore to Show: The Problem of Performative Cleaning 

By Anon Yu Henriksen, BA International Relations and Korean While some have claimed 2024 to be the ‘year of the messy girl’, the ‘clean girl’ trend that plagued much of 2023 might be taking its final sips of green juice. The polished ideal of a clear-skinned girl with slicked-back hair
spiritadmin Feb 5, 2024
Retweets are not endorsements? The debate around the US ‘Section 230’ law

Retweets are not endorsements? The debate around the US ‘Section 230’ law

By Bernardo Amaro Monteiro, MA Middle Eastern Studies and Intensive Language ‘Retweets are not endorsements’ is a Twitter jargon that has been obsolete since 1996, ten years before the platform was created in 2006. Now, this might be about to change, and Daesh (the self-proclaimed Islamic State) played a crucial
spiritadmin Mar 23, 2023
Social Media is Great, but You Missed the Gig.

Social Media is Great, but You Missed the Gig.

Chloë Cochran, BA Global Popular Music I go to a lot of gigs. I study music, have a radio show, and believe seeing live music is one of the most cathartic experiences. For an atheist, I think this is the closest thing to spirituality I will find. But something has
spiritadmin Mar 14, 2019

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