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Girl Groups Are Back: How the K-Pop Machine is Bringing Back The Western Girl Group
Girl Groups Are Back: How the K-Pop Machine is Bringing Back The Western Girl Group
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The Art of Loving Olivia Dean
Jab Jab to Diablos Cojuelos
Jab Jab to Diablos Cojuelos
Let God Sort Em Out: A Review
Let God Sort Em Out: A Review
‘Sorry, Baby’ Offers Gen-Z Lessons in Processing Trauma
‘Sorry, Baby’ Offers Gen-Z Lessons in Processing Trauma
Good Mood Tattoo Exemplifies How Women Are Moving Away from Traditional Tattoo Culture
Good Mood Tattoo Exemplifies How Women Are Moving Away from Traditional Tattoo Culture
The Culture Capturers: Morocco’s Young Artists Are Reshaping Cultural Identity
The Culture Capturers: Morocco’s Young Artists Are Reshaping Cultural Identity
Where Is the Healthy Representation For Lesbians?
Where Is the Healthy Representation For Lesbians?
The Politics of Superman, an American Hero
The Politics of Superman, an American Hero

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Does Gen Z Have An Employability Problem?
Does Gen Z Have An Employability Problem?
Girl Groups Are Back: How the K-Pop Machine is Bringing Back The Western Girl Group
Girl Groups Are Back: How the K-Pop Machine is Bringing Back The Western Girl Group
The Art of Loving Olivia Dean
The Art of Loving Olivia Dean
Living on Edge: Gen-Z and the Rise of Anxiety
Living on Edge: Gen-Z and the Rise of Anxiety
Jab Jab to Diablos Cojuelos
Jab Jab to Diablos Cojuelos
What Does Accountability Look Like — Online and IRL?
What Does Accountability Look Like — Online and IRL?
Almost Adulthood: Work
Almost Adulthood: Work
Parasocial Relationships: Does Gen-Z Take it Too Far?
Parasocial Relationships: Does Gen-Z Take it Too Far?
Suicide Prevention is Political
Suicide Prevention is Political
Does Gen-Z Want ‘Abundance’?
Does Gen-Z Want ‘Abundance’?
Let God Sort Em Out: A Review
Let God Sort Em Out: A Review
America’s Obsession with Dead Girls
America’s Obsession with Dead Girls
Gen Z’s Love Affair with Cafe Culture
Gen Z’s Love Affair with Cafe Culture
Gen Z Reframes Beauty as Embodiment
Gen Z Reframes Beauty as Embodiment
How Gen Z Turned Location Sharing into a New Kind of Intimacy
How Gen Z Turned Location Sharing into a New Kind of Intimacy
Netanyahu & Nelk: The “Both Sides” Trap
Netanyahu & Nelk: The “Both Sides” Trap
‘Sorry, Baby’ Offers Gen-Z Lessons in Processing Trauma
‘Sorry, Baby’ Offers Gen-Z Lessons in Processing Trauma
Good Mood Tattoo Exemplifies How Women Are Moving Away from Traditional Tattoo Culture
Good Mood Tattoo Exemplifies How Women Are Moving Away from Traditional Tattoo Culture
The Culture Capturers: Morocco’s Young Artists Are Reshaping Cultural Identity
The Culture Capturers: Morocco’s Young Artists Are Reshaping Cultural Identity
American Eagle and Opportunistic Marketing: What Are They Really Taking Advantage of?
American Eagle and Opportunistic Marketing: What Are They Really Taking Advantage of?
Freedom Isn’t a Freeway: Gen-Z’s Fight for Transit Justice
Freedom Isn’t a Freeway: Gen-Z’s Fight for Transit Justice
Where Is the Healthy Representation For Lesbians?
Where Is the Healthy Representation For Lesbians?
America Has Always Been Obsessed with Controlling Women
America Has Always Been Obsessed with Controlling Women
Landlocked and Leading: The Only Collegiate Sailing Team in Arizona
Landlocked and Leading: The Only Collegiate Sailing Team in Arizona
The Politics of Superman, an American Hero
The Politics of Superman, an American Hero
Planting the Roots for a Sustainable Future: An Interview with TreePeople
Planting the Roots for a Sustainable Future: An Interview with TreePeople
SydCarmy and Subverting Romance
SydCarmy and Subverting Romance
Is “Therapy Speak” Ruining Our Relationships?
Is “Therapy Speak” Ruining Our Relationships?
Digital Shrines: Why We Save Screenshots We'll Never Look At Again
Digital Shrines: Why We Save Screenshots We'll Never Look At Again
Donald Trump Doesn’t Care About His Base
Donald Trump Doesn’t Care About His Base
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