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BookTok: The Rise of Readership and Misleading Marketing
By: Lauren Johns The year 2020 felt like a surrealists’ fantasy: apocalyptic cityscapes, hand sanitizer theft, the overconsumption and...
Lauren Johns
May 7, 2024


Stop Buying Stuff You Don’t Need: A Lesson in Overconsumption and Deinfluencing
By: Lily Warden If you are on social media or involved in internet spaces at all, you have probably been victim to the newest trends....
Lily Warden
Apr 23, 2024


Childhood Fame or Trauma?: A Look Inside “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV”
By: Erica Patton The new docuseries “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kid’s TV” premiered with a vengeance to its viewers. The motive of...
Erica Patton
Apr 23, 2024


Review: Spine Indie Bookstore & Café: Supporting a Local Business that Supports its’ Locals
By: Mikayla Alexander Spine Indie Bookstore Front/Patio Credit: Mikayla Alexander Spine Indie Bookstore & Cafe is a very quaint location...
Mikayla Alexander
Mar 26, 2024


Representing A Once Former Life: How Acceptance Changes Lives
By: Molly Wilson As a trans lesbian, growing up wasn’t just “Eww, boys are gross.” It was alienating. I liked girls but when I heard my...
The Current UMSL
Mar 12, 2024


Bring Back Movie Theater Intermissions
By: Lily Warden Photo: Pexels Everyone has been there. You waited to see the new blockbuster film in theaters for what seems like...
Lily Warden
Feb 27, 2024


The Preteens Aren’t Preteening Anymore: The Elimination of Youth in Children
By: Erica Patton As an older member of Gen Z (people born between 1997 and 2012), I believe I can relate to many when recalling the...
Erica Patton
Feb 13, 2024


"Our Freedom is Incomplete without the Freedom of the Palestinians"
By Vincent Latigue Photo via Getty Images Since October 7th my mind’s been inundated with images of some of the most despicable acts of...
Vincent Latigue
Jan 3, 2024


The Bosnian Community: Starting Over From Scratch
by Tarik Beslija Even if you’ve lived in St. Louis for years, you might have overlooked these people. Some 70,000 resilient, diligent,...
Tarik Beslija
Feb 20, 2023
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