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Religious Decline In The U.S.

Religious Decline In The U.S.

Are Self-Checkouts Selfish?

Are Self-Checkouts Selfish?

Evolution Of An Artist

Evolution Of An Artist

How The Fame Of Peter Pan “Petered” Out

How The Fame Of Peter Pan “Petered” Out

r/antiwork and Online Collective Action

r/antiwork and Online Collective Action

The Strange Appeal of Liminal Spaces

The Strange Appeal of Liminal Spaces

Gambling and Match Fixing: An Inevitable Pairing

Gambling and Match Fixing: An Inevitable Pairing

Moon Worship Across The Ages

Moon Worship Across The Ages

Liver King and Primal Romanticization

Liver King and Primal Romanticization

Bathrooms and Noble

Bathrooms and Noble

The Darker Side of Pokemon

The Darker Side of Pokemon

Wow, That Fictional Character Is Literally Me

Wow, That Fictional Character Is Literally Me

From Software’s Absolutely Maidenless Behavior

From Software’s Absolutely Maidenless Behavior

Doe-n’t Ignore What’s Up With Deer

Doe-n’t Ignore What’s Up With Deer

Farm to Table: MSU Student Organic Farm Struggles With Support

Farm to Table: MSU Student Organic Farm Struggles With Support

Puppy Kisses For Serotonin

Puppy Kisses For Serotonin

Still Keeping Up With The Kardashians

Still Keeping Up With The Kardashians

Bridgerton Season 2: Changing History in Hopes of Making It

Bridgerton Season 2: Changing History in Hopes of Making It

Dungeons And Dragons Resurgence Edition

Dungeons And Dragons Resurgence Edition

The End Of Setting Clocks Back?

The End Of Setting Clocks Back?

Not So Sweet

Not So Sweet

Disney’s Debacle with the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill

Disney’s Debacle with the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill

“The Dropout” And Its Characterization Of Elizabeth Holmes

“The Dropout” And Its Characterization Of Elizabeth Holmes

Is Your Phone Killing You?

Is Your Phone Killing You?

Are Humans Still Evolving?

Are Humans Still Evolving?

Does Art Need To Come With A Warning?

Does Art Need To Come With A Warning?

How “Turning Red” is Turning Heads on Social Media

How “Turning Red” is Turning Heads on Social Media

Critical Race “Theory” or Truth?

Critical Race “Theory” or Truth?

The Bachelor’s Final Rose

The Bachelor’s Final Rose

Kanye West: When Art Becomes Dangerous

Kanye West: When Art Becomes Dangerous

Peeking At Anime In the U.S.

Peeking At Anime In the U.S.

Fight Like a Girl

Fight Like a Girl

The Golden Wheel to Door Ratio

The Golden Wheel to Door Ratio

Watching The Watchmen

Watching The Watchmen

The New Dorm Essentials

The New Dorm Essentials

Euphoria Season 2: Not So Euphoric

Euphoria Season 2: Not So Euphoric

The Light Revolution

The Light Revolution

Kids & Creativity: Why Art is Needed

Kids & Creativity: Why Art is Needed

Recession Pop: Dancing Through The Pain

Recession Pop: Dancing Through The Pain

How The MCU Changed The Superpowered Game

How The MCU Changed The Superpowered Game

Wordle: The New Generation’s Crossword

Wordle: The New Generation’s Crossword

The Great Lakes Are In For A Crude Awakening

The Great Lakes Are In For A Crude Awakening

Black Cats Deserve Better

Black Cats Deserve Better

Transhumanism: Will We Dream Of Electric Sheep?

Transhumanism: Will We Dream Of Electric Sheep?

Resident Evil’s Surprising Return to Survival Horror

Resident Evil’s Surprising Return to Survival Horror

Pokémon: Moving in a Better Direction

Pokémon: Moving in a Better Direction

A Foray Into Final Fantasy XIV

A Foray Into Final Fantasy XIV

Social Media Stars Are Saving Boxing

Social Media Stars Are Saving Boxing

Trader Joe’s Is Coming To Grand River

Trader Joe’s Is Coming To Grand River

It’s Time To Expel The Schoolgirl Trope

It’s Time To Expel The Schoolgirl Trope

Big Tech Is Watching You

Big Tech Is Watching You

A Modest Proposal For MSU

A Modest Proposal For MSU

In Your Dreams: Understanding What Happens While You Sleep

In Your Dreams: Understanding What Happens While You Sleep

Begone, Dissent: The Removal of the YouTube Dislike Count

Begone, Dissent: The Removal of the YouTube Dislike Count

Are High Textbook Prices Justified?

Are High Textbook Prices Justified?

Movies in 2022

Movies in 2022

The “Genre” Of Animation

The “Genre” Of Animation

Unionize: An Honest Plea

Unionize: An Honest Plea

The #ConspiracyTok to QAnon Pipeline

The #ConspiracyTok to QAnon Pipeline

Van Gogh: Why We Shouldn’t Romanticize Tortured Artists

Van Gogh: Why We Shouldn’t Romanticize Tortured Artists

Compulsive Coping

Compulsive Coping

How Old Is Too Old?: Ageism in Hollywood

How Old Is Too Old?: Ageism in Hollywood

How “YOU” Highlights Our Love of Criminals

How “YOU” Highlights Our Love of Criminals

The Reality of Escapism

The Reality of Escapism

Ms. Monopoly Misses The Mark

Ms. Monopoly Misses The Mark

For His Eyes Only: Identifying and Combating the Male Gaze

For His Eyes Only: Identifying and Combating the Male Gaze

Motown: Discord Behind The Sound

Motown: Discord Behind The Sound

The Real Magic Within Harry Potter

The Real Magic Within Harry Potter

Don’t Look Up —Except You Definitely Should

Don’t Look Up —Except You Definitely Should

The Savage Side of Salmon

The Savage Side of Salmon

Who Gets a Ticket to Space? Only the Top 1%

Who Gets a Ticket to Space? Only the Top 1%

Food Shortages During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Food Shortages During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Simception

Simception

NFTs: Art’s Deadliest Creation

NFTs: Art’s Deadliest Creation

Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss

Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss

Spider-Man’s Return to Theaters

Spider-Man’s Return to Theaters

Are Hydrogen Powered Cars the Future?

Are Hydrogen Powered Cars the Future?

You Need To Read This Book: Play like a Feminist

You Need To Read This Book: Play like a Feminist

Reduce, Reuse, Re-waste: The Shortcomings of Recycling

Reduce, Reuse, Re-waste: The Shortcomings of Recycling

The Importance of Proper Sex Education on TV

The Importance of Proper Sex Education on TV

Who Stopped The Music?

Who Stopped The Music?

Rise of the Playable Heroine: How Women Protagonists Have Leveled Up

Rise of the Playable Heroine: How Women Protagonists Have Leveled Up

SpaceX and Tesla: Paving the Future with No Diversity

SpaceX and Tesla: Paving the Future with No Diversity

Benton Harbor is the Newest Michigan City to Face Lead Contaminated Water

Benton Harbor is the Newest Michigan City to Face Lead Contaminated Water

The Strange Portrayals of Teens on TV

The Strange Portrayals of Teens on TV

Selling Femininity

Selling Femininity

Reasons To Repair

Reasons To Repair

The Curse of Hollywood’s Video Game Genre

The Curse of Hollywood’s Video Game Genre

Record Players vs. Turntables

Record Players vs. Turntables

Did Disney+ Do ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ Right?

Did Disney+ Do ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ Right?

For (White Men’s) Entertainment Only: Unpacking Hollywood’s Fetishization of Asian Women

For (White Men’s) Entertainment Only: Unpacking Hollywood’s Fetishization of Asian Women

Difficulty Level: Realistic

Difficulty Level: Realistic

Keep Calm and Redeploy: Planetside 2 Is On The Upswing

Keep Calm and Redeploy: Planetside 2 Is On The Upswing

Top 10 “I Think You Should Leave” A-holes

Top 10 “I Think You Should Leave” A-holes

Book-Toxic: Combating the Standards Set By the Online Book Community

Book-Toxic: Combating the Standards Set By the Online Book Community

NFL Under Fire

NFL Under Fire

33 Years of Relevancy: A Closer Look at the Legacy of Akira

33 Years of Relevancy: A Closer Look at the Legacy of Akira

Foul Waterfowl

Foul Waterfowl

The Rise Of Funko Pops

The Rise Of Funko Pops

The Oregon Trail Game Celebrates 50 Years of Innovation

The Oregon Trail Game Celebrates 50 Years of Innovation

Humans vs. Robots: The Battle of Buying Online

Humans vs. Robots: The Battle of Buying Online

New Horizons, Old News

New Horizons, Old News

To the Core: The Crippling Culture of High School Athletics

To the Core: The Crippling Culture of High School Athletics

The Lost Art of Analog Recording

The Lost Art of Analog Recording

Go Green

Go Green

Pandemic vs. Gaming

Pandemic vs. Gaming

Trebek’s Replacement

Trebek’s Replacement

The Problem With Product Placement

The Problem With Product Placement

Trauma, Disability & Popcorn

Trauma, Disability & Popcorn

The Long Road to Dune

The Long Road to Dune

Online Dating in a Digital Age

Online Dating in a Digital Age

The College That Cried Wolf

The College That Cried Wolf

It’s Time to Redefine Cancel Culture

It’s Time to Redefine Cancel Culture

After Decades of Absence, Aaliyah’s Music is Finally Available to Stream

After Decades of Absence, Aaliyah’s Music is Finally Available to Stream

Men and Makeup

Men and Makeup

Pawing At Heartstrings

Pawing At Heartstrings

What it Took to Be Miss Black MSU

What it Took to Be Miss Black MSU

The War Over America’s Superfood

The War Over America’s Superfood

God, It’s Brutal Out Here

God, It’s Brutal Out Here

The Hidden Implications of Swiping Right

The Hidden Implications of Swiping Right

Overwhelmed and Overlooked: Women with ADHD

Overwhelmed and Overlooked: Women with ADHD

Insulin Prices: Breaking the Bank

Insulin Prices: Breaking the Bank

New Old Skills

New Old Skills

#BookTok Has a Shopping Addiction

#BookTok Has a Shopping Addiction

Second Chance to First Choice: The Rise of Thrift

Second Chance to First Choice: The Rise of Thrift

Apple’s Encryption Sent to the Crypt

Apple’s Encryption Sent to the Crypt

Blizzard: Making Sexism and Racism Acceptable in Gaming

Blizzard: Making Sexism and Racism Acceptable in Gaming

Please Don’t Stop the Music

Please Don’t Stop the Music

Radical Listening

Radical Listening

Do you hate Taylor Swift, or is it just misogyny?

Do you hate Taylor Swift, or is it just misogyny?

Amazon: The Mystery of the Capital Letters

Amazon: The Mystery of the Capital Letters

The Future of Downtown East Lansing

The Future of Downtown East Lansing

Op-ED: Cancel H.P. Lovecraft

Op-ED: Cancel H.P. Lovecraft

Amazon: Behind The Smile

Amazon: Behind The Smile

The Weirdo Trope: Why Do We Care How They Dress?

The Weirdo Trope: Why Do We Care How They Dress?

‘Solar Power’ is Powerless — And Lorde Knows It

‘Solar Power’ is Powerless — And Lorde Knows It

Covid’s Impact on MSU and Our Hopeful Return to In-Person Classes

Covid’s Impact on MSU and Our Hopeful Return to In-Person Classes

The Hardest Part Of Self-Publishing

The Hardest Part Of Self-Publishing

Club Fencing Returns To The ‘New Normal’

Club Fencing Returns To The ‘New Normal’

MSU’s Co-op Culture

MSU’s Co-op Culture

Falling for the Comfort of Fictional Characters

Falling for the Comfort of Fictional Characters

Dying to go all the way

Dying to go all the way

Still Catching Them All

Still Catching Them All

The Political Psyche: Conservatism vs. Liberalism

The Political Psyche: Conservatism vs. Liberalism

Is Meme Culture Problematic

Is Meme Culture Problematic

Paving Paradise for Parking

Paving Paradise for Parking

Double Standards in Dress Codes

Double Standards in Dress Codes

Spiral-ing Out

Spiral-ing Out

Grey’s Anatomy Season 17: Flop or Not?

Grey’s Anatomy Season 17: Flop or Not?

Creating Something Out of Nothing: Artists Thrive During the Pandemic

Creating Something Out of Nothing: Artists Thrive During the Pandemic

Asian Fishing: When Appreciation Becomes Appropriation

Asian Fishing: When Appreciation Becomes Appropriation

MSU’s Working Class: The Employment Endeavors of Peers and Friends

MSU’s Working Class: The Employment Endeavors of Peers and Friends

The Problem with Binaries: The Color Pink

The Problem with Binaries: The Color Pink

“I’m so OCD!” and other phrases to get rid of in casual conversation”

“I’m so OCD!” and other phrases to get rid of in casual conversation”

101 Dalmatians Abandoned after Cruella

101 Dalmatians Abandoned after Cruella

Cracking the Code

Cracking the Code

Hypocrisy, Gentrification and the Tiny House Craze

Hypocrisy, Gentrification and the Tiny House Craze

The End of the Masked Era in Michigan

The End of the Masked Era in Michigan

Racial Imposter Syndrome

Racial Imposter Syndrome

Pride: 2021: How to Celebrate

Pride: 2021: How to Celebrate

Sight Unseen: the institutional and social struggles of the invisibly disabled

Sight Unseen: the institutional and social struggles of the invisibly disabled

Adventures in Adaptations: “Cats” the Movie

Adventures in Adaptations: “Cats” the Movie

Systematic Dehumanization in American Prisons: A Brief Overview

Systematic Dehumanization in American Prisons: A Brief Overview

Just Me, Myself and I(vy)

Just Me, Myself and I(vy)

The Implications of Overturning Roe v. Wade

The Implications of Overturning Roe v. Wade

Adventures in Adaptations: Shadow and Bone

Adventures in Adaptations: Shadow and Bone

Streaming and Scheming: Is Unique Content Worth the Cost?

Streaming and Scheming: Is Unique Content Worth the Cost?

TikTok: The Digital Drug

TikTok: The Digital Drug

From Private to Profit

From Private to Profit

Support Local Business: Michigan Artists and Bands

Support Local Business: Michigan Artists and Bands

The Trials of Alexei Navalny, Russia’s Most Outspoken Critic

The Trials of Alexei Navalny, Russia’s Most Outspoken Critic

Defined by Disney

Defined by Disney

Zoomed In and Burned Out

Zoomed In and Burned Out

Are Studio Ghibli Films Anime?

Are Studio Ghibli Films Anime?

Women in STEM

Women in STEM

Free Food Stands Fulfill Local Communities

Free Food Stands Fulfill Local Communities

Love Languages Decoded

Love Languages Decoded

Ya Like Jazz?

Ya Like Jazz?

Spartans Will (Spread COVID-19)

Spartans Will (Spread COVID-19)

$1400 for 16,000: Student Pandemic Stimulus

$1400 for 16,000: Student Pandemic Stimulus

Skin Care: Cleaning out Bank Accounts

Skin Care: Cleaning out Bank Accounts

Misunderstood Meows: What Cats are Really Trying To Say

Misunderstood Meows: What Cats are Really Trying To Say

You Haven’t Been Listening If You’re Surprised by the Anti-Asian Violence

You Haven’t Been Listening If You’re Surprised by the Anti-Asian Violence

Fencing: The Sport For Everyone

Fencing: The Sport For Everyone

A Fuel Fallacy: Biden Isn’t To Blame for Higher Gas Prices

A Fuel Fallacy: Biden Isn’t To Blame for Higher Gas Prices

Opening the Doors for Closed Captioning

Opening the Doors for Closed Captioning

The Drawbacks of Texting: Are Personal Relationships in Trouble?

The Drawbacks of Texting: Are Personal Relationships in Trouble?

Where Are They Now: How the Class of 2020 Has Coped with Graduating into a Pandemic

Where Are They Now: How the Class of 2020 Has Coped with Graduating into a Pandemic

Dolly Parton’s 5 Most Radical Albums

Dolly Parton’s 5 Most Radical Albums

A Not So Mental Health Day

A Not So Mental Health Day

Music to Keep Alive: Lauryn Hill

Music to Keep Alive: Lauryn Hill

Can Learning a Foreign Language Improve your English?

Can Learning a Foreign Language Improve your English?

The Trouble with Travel

The Trouble with Travel

OPINION: Something’s Rotten in the MSU College of Education

OPINION: Something’s Rotten in the MSU College of Education

ALL CAPS: Remembering Rap’s Greatest Supervillan

ALL CAPS: Remembering Rap’s Greatest Supervillan

Pills, Pills, Pills

Pills, Pills, Pills

No Boys Allowed: The Rise of Female-Only Gyms in America

No Boys Allowed: The Rise of Female-Only Gyms in America

OPINION: Squarespace’s “5-9:” A Capitalistic Nightmare

OPINION: Squarespace’s “5-9:” A Capitalistic Nightmare

Foreign Classic: “Snow Country”

Foreign Classic: “Snow Country”

A Waking Nightmare: Dreaming During a Pandemic

A Waking Nightmare: Dreaming During a Pandemic

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