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Beware the de-influencer | Cultspiracy

Kim Schneider April 20, 2023
“Influence” may be the defining word of this decade’s culture. From the act of influencing to the new profession itself, social media has made a theoretically intangible phenomenon inescapably tangible — that is, overwhelmingly materialistic. 
Jacklyn Tsung | Senior Graphic Artist

“Corecore” and the internet’s obsession with aesthetics

Lea Rivel February 16, 2023
When you’re scrolling through posts, items of clothing, musical artists, or behaviors are being forced to fit into niches. The pressure on social media users to conform to a singular niche runs high. 
Alexia Nizhny / DFP Staff

Wear Me This: Faux pas of the 2010s make the comeback of indie sleaze complicated

Sujena Soumyanath November 15, 2021
The comeback of the 2010's "indie sleaze" provides fashion with much-needed spontaneity and maximalism, even if that means subjecting ourselves to shutter shades.
Irene Chung / DFP Staff

Wear Me This: Color blocking’s comeback coincides with mental health challenges

Sujena Soumyanath October 24, 2021
People may find it helpful to take a page out of the adventurous and thrilling practice of color blocking.
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The ins and outs of daydreaming

Katrina Liu September 14, 2021
You deserve time to dedicate yourself to something with no judgment.
Sophia Flissler/DFP STAFF

Canceled: The ‘Twilight’ Renaissance and cringe culture

Bini Ollivier-Yamin April 4, 2021
Guilt can ultimately be more productive than the defiance of embracing cringe culture.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Canceled: Just thoughts, head full

Bini Ollivier-Yamin March 29, 2021
A much less destructive life philosophy could be centered on allowing yourself to have a full head.
Meredith Varner

American Protest: The end of the Trump era

Meredith Varner November 13, 2020
There will never be a time when there is nothing to fix, so I will always have something to write about. I do see Trump leaving office as a closing of a chapter though, and I feel hopeful about the future of this country for the first time in four years.
Modern Musings: Censorship is nail in the coffin of Tumblr

Modern Musings: Censorship is nail in the coffin of Tumblr

Ausma Palmer December 6, 2018

On Tuesday, social media website Tumblr announced that it will eliminate all adult content from its site starting Dec. 17. This announcement came just weeks after the app was deleted from the Apple App...

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EDITORIAL: Tumblr’s excessive adult content ban is the wrong answer to child pornography scandal

Editors December 4, 2018

The social networking website Tumblr was home for many of us in our tween years. A lot of us probably associate the site with a world of fandoms, but it turns out that much of the content on the app...

FRILOT: Media creates cigarette revival

FRILOT: Media creates cigarette revival

Madison Frilot March 20, 2017

Here at Boston University, it is not humanly possible to walk down Commonwealth Avenue without being hit by a potent cloud of cigarette smoke following a fellow pedestrian. Most people I have talked to...

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Social media becomes more important to schools, report states

Jacqueline Contreras October 25, 2016

In the recent years, more and more education institutions are using social media as a marketing and communication tool, according to a study published by the Council for Advancement and Support of...

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