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8:18 Media: Companies use existing stereotypes to gain profit

This is part 2 of the article on gender based consumerism. “Pink tax” is a way that companies profit from existing stereotypes and gender based cultural discrepancies. This is a system where companies just need to keep the belief going to profit off of it, but what are some ways that ...

‘Pink tax’ part of society’s pressure on women to be caregivers

Editor’s note: This is part one of a two-part series. By ELEANOR DOHRENWEND 8-18 Media Marketing is obviously successful. But what makes it so successful? And how much of it is evolved around gender? What gender-based differences are there around shopping, and how do marketers use ...

Artemis 2 marks our grand return to Moon

This year is a grand year of record-breaking history already, since this is the first time in over 50 years that humans have returned to the Moon. Space exploration has begun again! This new spacecraft, Artemis 2, has traveled from Earth, around the Moon, and back. The crew on this ...

Don’t go “On the Road”: Best to not have even seen it!

The novel “On the Road” is a cheap, skip-around glimpse of what the beat movement of the mid-1940s to early 1950s might have been like. I compare reading this work by Jack Kerouac to walking up to a house, peeking in through the mail slot by the front door, and seeing the foul, raunchy house party going on inside. The sight innervates you. It feels incorrect and wrong that you are standing there watching that party at this moment. This may sound melodramatic, but it is how I remember feeling as I read the book. This book and the characters inside it might make pretty much anyone ...

Backpacking a scenic adventure at Pictured Rocks

My first backpacking trip was last September, when it wasn’t too hot or too cold. I went with my mom’s friend Jenni Bashaw, and we hiked at Pictured Rocks near Munising. We hiked from Miners Castle to Chapel Rock, and that’s where we stayed the night. It was beautiful and also ...

Earth Day may have come and gone, but its ideals haven’t

“More than 8 billion people inhabit our planet, and each year Earth Day reminds them of the need to take care of their home.” — Time magazine Earth Day is a time to think about the world we live in. And just because we’ve already celebrated Earth Day this year on April 22, that ...