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Superfine or Superficial? | Geek Chic

Superfine or Superficial? | Geek Chic

By Anjola Odukoya April 29, 2025

On the first Monday of every May, millions of citizens who are otherwise unconcerned with fashion become the biggest couch critics, dissecting Met Gala looks with the same scrutiny as seasoned pros.  This...

Heed this warning: Social media has a cost to our health | Terms and Conditions

Heed this warning: Social media has a cost to our health | Terms and Conditions

By Elyse Bloom April 24, 2025
When former President Joe Biden’s Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy held office, he made a daring proposal: Social media should be the next product slapped with a compulsory warning. “The mental health crisis among young people is an emergency — and social media has emerged as an important contributor,” Murthy wrote in an op-ed published by The New York Times in June.
Beyond AAPI Heritage Month | Identity Unveiled

Beyond AAPI Heritage Month | Identity Unveiled

By Rebecca Peng April 24, 2025

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month is just around the corner.  Each May celebrates the AAPI community — a term which encompasses people from the entire Asian continent as well as...

Anjola Odukoya’s father Folafumi Odukoya and mother Abena Odukoya on a beach in Miami in the early 2000s. Her Ghanaian mother draped a detailed sarong around her waist, and her father somehow managed the Miami heat in his button-up. COURTESY OF FARIDAH IBRAHIM

Americans simply aren’t doing it like Nigerians | Geek Chic

By Anjola Odukoya April 23, 2025
But let’s just say it — Americans love to be comfortable. So much so that in the 1980s, tech professionals in Silicon Valley drove the final nail into the coffin of formality in a rebellion against traditional work attire, leading to the emergence of business casual style.
Reject conspiracy, embrace craftsmanship | Wear Me This

Reject conspiracy, embrace craftsmanship | Wear Me This

By Sujena Soumyanath April 22, 2025
From Illuminati believers to anti-vaxxers, conspiracy theories are about as ubiquitous in the U.S. these days as McDonald’s.
Reviving dead species — sort of | Data Driven

Reviving dead species — sort of | Data Driven

By Sarah Datta April 22, 2025
Reviving extinct species is humanity’s perpetual white whale: It dominates our collective imagination, helped by movies like Jurassic Park and other sci-fi media.
Video games can thrive at home and in Hollywood | Full Inventory

Video games can thrive at home and in Hollywood | Full Inventory

By Chloe Cramutola, Investigative Editor April 18, 2025
It took two weeks, three consoles and four Redbox rentals for me to beat The Last of Us in 2013. Ten years later, I finished Season one of the TV adaptation in two days.
From workplace frustration to free-thinking fashion | Wear Me This

From workplace frustration to free-thinking fashion | Wear Me This

By Sujena Soumyanath April 16, 2025
As inheritors of the Great Recession, pioneers of social media activism and proponents of the phrase “eat the rich,” Generation Z is well-versed on the evils of capitalism. But times are a’changing, and a generation that proudly proclaims to “not dream of labor,” has aged into entering the workforce.
The black screens that haunted our pages: social media and activism | Terms and Conditions

The black screens that haunted our pages: social media and activism | Terms and Conditions

By Elyse Bloom April 15, 2025

Darnella Frazier was 17 years old when she witnessed police officers brutally murder an innocent Black man on the streets of Minneapolis. Frazier and other witnesses could only stand by and watch as George...

Jodi Tang | Senior Graphic Artist

Rally on: The economic consequences of burnout | Irrational Expectations

By Faizaan Ayub April 9, 2025
These feelings of burnout and heightened pressure to keep pushing can translate to the workplace and labor markets. In this sense, burnout can be viewed as a market failure with a negative externality. 
Grace Lodewick | Graphic Artist

Gen Z’s addiction to perfectionism | Eco-logically Speaking

By Rebecca Good April 9, 2025
It’s no longer just about getting an education — it’s about building a competitive résumé, landing internships early and staying ahead in a crowded job market. 
Melissa Park | Associate Graphics Editor

‘Fashion daddies’ aren’t exactly revolutionary | Wear Me This

By Sujena Soumyanath April 8, 2025
Diljit Dosanjh, the Indian music superstar who brought Punjabi beats to Coachella, is challenging how we view masculinity. From diamond encrusted jewelry and sequined tops, to Chanel pieces and pearls, Dosanjh isn’t afraid to experiment with fashion. In the Punjabi music world, saturated with artists in baggy outfits and chauvinism, Dosanjh’s choice to include traditionally feminine pieces into his looks feels particularly refreshing.
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