Culture Clips: The Facebook Trauma Edition
Perhaps it’s not exactly news anymore when Facebook announces a data breach. The ubiquitous social network has been as leaky as a perforated garden hose
Perhaps it’s not exactly news anymore when Facebook announces a data breach. The ubiquitous social network has been as leaky as a perforated garden hose
Independence is hardwired into the American consciousness. We rugged individualists like to think that we, alone, determine what we like and dislike, do and don’t
Most of us turn to entertainment to get a little respite from the anxieties of the world outside. When we watch a movie, we’re not
Netflix, you clever dog, you. “Commercials are terrible!”you told us, and then you filled your streaming service with roughly three quintillion original shows (OK, 323,
It’s back-to-school time. That means school supplies. Pencils? Check. Erasers? Yup. Trapper Keepers? (Oh wait, it’s not the ’80s anymore. Oh wait again, they have
We all probably have a favorite photo of ourselves—the one we use on our Facebook pages and Christmas cards, the one where the light was
Does it feel like screens are eating your life? Maybe they are. At least, metaphorically speaking. In the first quarter of 2018, the data hawks
After six years of sobriety, pop star Demi Lovato admitted on her latest single that she wasn’t “Sober” anymore. Yesterday, the world came to know
Are the kids alright? It’s a question that many in our culture return to again and again. Rightly so: Today’s children represent the future of
In a world where superhero movies rake in hundreds of millions at the box office, a film that’s made $12.7 million so far might not
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