Being canceled is one of the worst things that can happen to you. Everyone in my generation knows the term ‘cancel culture’ because it is so popular in the world we live in today. We are finally living in a culture where people are being held accountable for the cruel…

The internet was once a place where producers would send out content for consumer’s entertainment, but now it is quite the opposite. Ordinary people are now the ones creating entertainment for other consumer’s. People build new identities online, and they do so by expressing themselves through what they create. Where…

Jurgen Hambermas discusses the original concept of the public sphere and how it progressed between the 17th and 19th centuries. In the 17th and 18 centuries, there was a private sphere that brought people to have public discussion, creating a powerful counter-weight between the Church and the State. With this…

How different would life be without the internet? My generation was the first to grow up with the internet, and it is quite obvious, too. We have access to more information, learn material quicker, identify ourselves in more groups, and so on. It is strange to think about people not…

What does family mean to you? Is it just a word, or does it mean more? Some people grow up in a family with two parents: a mom and dad, two moms or two dads, an aunt or uncle acting as a mom or dad; the list goes on. You…

The idea of Modernity, or the Rise of the Modern Era, is very extensive and confusing. There are three different time periods of Modernity: Early Modernity (1700s to 1900), High Modernity (1910–1960), and Late Modernity (1970–1990/2000). All of these periods greatly differ from one another, showing that the Modern Era…

Time is a strange thing. In the year 2020, there are thousands of different ways to find answers to our questions. We pull out our computers or phones, google our questions, and boom — we instantly find what we are looking for. While we are typing into our google search…

I hardly remember ever living a life without a phone. It is a sad reality that almost every single kid living in my generation had their childhood damaged due to living in this cruel digital age. With having a phone comes the addiction to social media. Kids who are just…