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The internet’s unfortunate idolization of Gypsy Rose Blanchard | Editorial

Editors January 22, 2024
Gypsy Rose Blanchard was met with online support after being released from prison for the murder of her abusive mother. While her crime can be absolved, can Gen Z's "unseriousness?"
Haley Alvarez-Lauto / DFP Staff

Bubble Burst: The Death Of The BU Meme Page

Lydia Evans June 8, 2022
Despite the extensive evidence in favor of BU meme pages, when the world needed them most, they vanished. Hopefully a new school year will encourage old users to resurrect dead pages, or inspire the social media managers of tomorrow to get their start today. Boston University won’t feel whole without a dedicated meme page. If you're funny and socially savvy, perhaps you’ll be the hero BU needs to save the day. 
Yvonne Tang

Burning Out: The consequences of being ‘relatable’

Yvonne Tang March 15, 2021
As we collectively exit this pandemic, I hope we can recognize that relatability has become a shallow concept.
As the holiday season approaches, Netflix is releasing festive seasons of popular food shows. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Netflix gears up for holidays with baking show specials

Molly Farrar December 10, 2020

The holiday season comes with roasted chestnuts, fruitcake, decorated cookies and the like. Baking during this time is a central tradition, but sometimes, watching others create extravagant pies and cakes...

Bini Ollivier-Yamin

Canceled: What the fly reveals about our culture as a whole

Bini Ollivier-Yamin October 18, 2020
Our memes and jokes do not have to be meaningless and empty. They can generate meaning as much as they can destroy it.
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Russ’ ‘Zoo’ confronts haters, gets candid about the rapper’s inner struggle

Simone Migliori September 13, 2018
Rapper Russ' album, “Zoo,” released Sept. 7. The lyrics are fueled less by the arrogant attitude that filled his previous music and more by his anger at hate he has received from the rap community.
EDIT: Commander-in-Meme or PR Scheme?

EDIT: Commander-in-Meme or PR Scheme?

Editors February 20, 2015

“Can I live?” This brief, rather reductive phrase is uttered by U.S. President Barack Obama at the end of a Feb. 12 video released by BuzzFeed. The video, called “Things Everybody Does But Doesn’t...

The Canstruction Boston exhibit will be on display at the BSA Space at the Atlantic Wharf building until Oct. 31. PHOTO BY JACQUI BUSICK/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Teams of architects, designers, engineers build pop culture icons from cans for Canstruction Boston

Sonia Rao October 17, 2014

For those who have ever wanted to see a 10-foot sculpture of Grumpy Cat made entirely out of canned goods, the time has come. Canstruction Boston kicked off its build and design competition Saturday...

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