Share: With the Billboards Awards ending earlier this month and the Grammys right around the corner, the conversation of musical snubs and robberies has taken the front seat again on social media. The company and academy just can’t seem to escape the noise, but it’s not like they really care either. The Grammys have long been claimed and respected to be the highest award system possible for anything music-related. But for the past decade, social media as a whole has had endless complaints about their …
Family vloggers put a price tag on childhood
Share: Child exploitation takes on a new face now as more parent-managed social media accounts continue to put a price tag on their children’s privacy. Family vlogging accounts have become more popular than ever in the last half a decade, but it brings up ethical questions around monetizing the life of a child too young to consent to their digital footprint. Since the beginning of YouTube, family vlogging channels have been a cornerstone of the internet, for better or for worse, but have only gained …
Greedy corporations get ahead by reselling their problems to consumers
Share: I love to thrift to find unique pieces for a great deal. Usually, my local Savers is the way to go. Perusing the aisles, I was a little taken aback by the prices. But what I saw hanging on the rack stopped me dead in my tracks. Savers were selling a pair of children’s overalls for $54.99. Not only were they outrageously priced, and a children size 6, but they were zip-tied to the rack so that no one could even look at them without …
Artistic freedom gets run off a cliff as execs ax movies
Share: On Nov 9, Warners Bros Discovery decided not to release the anticipated comedy movie “Coyote vs. Acme,” starring John Cena and featuring Wile E. Coyote. The film was supposed to be released later this year; however, the company shelved the project, preferably taking a $30 million tax write-off instead. This decision not to show the movie caused outrage among artists, animators, and fans alike. With pressure mounting due to the backlash, the studio has since decided to let the film be shopped around with …
Biden is biding his time with Palestine
Share: Remember when all the young liberals and progressives desperately voted for Biden because voting for a senile old puppet no one wanted to vote for in the first place was supposed to “save democracy” from the orange, steroid-powered old narcissist? If by “democracy” we mean keeping the pricey and performative two-party system and inhumane status quo intact, then yes, we saved democracy. And it continues to spread around the world like a virus that jumped from a Dulles brother’s body in a Wuhan lab. …
Does social media anonymity empower or endanger?
Share: In the world of social media, people have many different viewpoints on anything and everything. With the ability to conceal oneself by creating anonymous social media pages, you never know where or even whom a post is actually coming from. According to statistics from annapolis.gov, 58% of kids admit someone has said mean or hurtful things to them online. More than 4 out of 10 say it has happened more than once. In a national study of recent years, as described by the link …
Hasan Minhaj isn’t guiltless but it’s OK to lie in comedy
Share: What started off as an uncomfortable controversy from the New Yorker accusing comedian Hasan Minhaj of lying about his life has turned into asking, why are we fact-checking comedians to begin with? Are performers allowed to embellish their stories for emotional gain? Look, a good story isn’t always a factually accurate one. If you want to captivate an audience, sometimes you have to over-exaggerate for people to follow along. This was Minhaj’s argument back at the New Yorker when he posted a 20-minute-long rebuttal …
CinemaSin’s sinful manipulation of film Twitter
Share: While YouTube has always been a safe haven for opinionated content and critique, channels like “CinemaSins” or “Channel Awesome” have departed from their sarcastic movie critique with a dash of assholery to instead become nothing more than an echo chamber for the most baseless complaints you’ve ever seen. This has had disastrous effects on film Twitter and made any chance for genuine critique drowned out by voices spewing nonsense. “CinemaSins” has been around since late 2012 and has used its sins system to talk …
Toxic TikTok’s fast fashion trashes the environment
Share: There have been times I’ve looked at my wardrobe and felt disappointed as I’d see that my clothes aren’t “up to date.” I’d go out and buy pieces that are considered “in” according to the social media pages I follow, and then two weeks later I’d see that my newly purchased clothes are now outdated. Over time, people have become more influenced to purchase new wardrobe as it is broadcasted all over different social media outlets. This generation has become blinded by the importance …
Hey! Hollywood! Leave those games alone!
Share: While by no means a new trend, recently there has been, it seems, a heavy focus of directors and producers trying to push the envelope, bringing games that should stay games into the movie realm. Enter “Five Nights at Freddy’s” specifically, the latest in a long line of video game adaptations and yet another video game brought into the real world. Despite the few rare examples that have grown to be way better than expected, it still shows that these games should stay as …