Time magazine Persons of the Year

I really think it was important to me, because at that time I was not in a relationship. I know in high school they would have condoms in the council’s office, if anyone needed it, but I knew for sure I wasn’t one of this kids to put my hand in the box. My parents never spoke about it, and I till this day they don’t know what the “birds and the bees” are about. As…

Mental Illness and Mass Shootings Over the past couple of years there have been a series of more than 200 mass killings in the U.S (“Behind the Blood shed: The Untold Story of America’s Mass Killings.”), and often times catastrophic events like mass murders tend to receive large amounts of publicity, especially if the shooting is committed by someone with some type of mental health problem. It seems to be of the norm now to hear of such cases where the perpetrators suffered some type of mental…

Lesley Hornby, aka Twiggy, was considered “The Face of ‘66” by Daily Express (Reed 36). It’s no wonder why she was given this title, considering that at the time, she was the world’s most famous supermodel. Twiggy stands at five foot six and weighs ninety pounds. Even for her petite size, Twiggy has still done many amazing things, but it all started in 1949. Twiggy was born on September 19, 1949 in Neasden, London. At a young age, it was already evident that Twiggy would love fashion for the…

best album so far. The Independent noted it as "the best UK R&B album since the 1970’s blue-eyed-soul heyday". Over 10 years his sound evolved from acoustic and pop rock to soul and funk. His media image has also changed – at first he was just a teenage boy singing about his broken heart, but now he became a mature soul man. The press often writes about him, especially Q Magazine – he was on the cover of their two issues. He’s a quite popular artist, therefore news about…

Carson is the original and a pioneer of “Grunge Typography”. When his work was known to public in early 1990s, his experimental typography and magazine design inspire young designers and produced a plenty of imitators. He makes young generation to accept typography as a medium of expression. He gained his recognition when he was an art director of the magazine Ray Gun. He worked for a host of wealthy and well-known corporations. He also published a few of his monograph to display his works and…

America , obesity is not the only nutritional problem America faces. Correspondingly, due to social media and changes in public perception in a healthy image, America, also faces eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, and bulimia. At the same time social media is rapidly growing fast with many more sites exposing young minds to thought that your success is dependent on appearance. America’s media is to blame for the majority of eating disorders that are present within america. Thus America…

If we switch on the national TV or open any mainstream magazine, and count the amount of members of minorities that are portrayed accurately or as “normal people” we are likely to spend hours and hours to find little more than nothing. There is a chance you will come across that one show in which culturally diverse characters are a punchline or the vivid representation of a stereotype. When you are a white, Caucasian person growing up in a western country representation is not even something you…

citizens are allowed to own firearms. With the seemingly recent surge of public shootings over the past few years in places such as Newtown, Connecticut; and Aurora, Colorado,…

“It pisses me off. I’m my own person, not what everyone else thinks I am” (De Peralta). When it comes to talking about the media discriminating and stereotyping ethnic minorities, many individuals react with a negative attitude. The media is supposed to educate and inform us, but instead they set standards as to what minorities will and will not accomplish in their lifetime. We are told what is and what is not within our reach. Media has taught me that my ethnicity will determine my future…

semi-automatic weapons ensure two things: criminals will possess them—honest persons will not…