TikTok is changing the music industry.
“Today, popular TikTok songs influence the billboard charts, rather than the other way around,” says the College Of Contemporary Music.
Category: Arts & Culture
Not all Women benefited equally from the women’s suffrage movement
We need to look critically at the power imbalances, even within progressive social movements. The women’s suffrage movement achieved its initial goal of getting the vote for (some) women. But who benefited and who was left behind?
British Columbia teachers and their students process the news out of Kamloops in their classrooms
Decoration, discussion and integrating Indigenous cultures into lessons are just some of the ways that the disturbing news is responded to in class.
Graphic novel series, Surviving The City, depicts an Indigenous woman’s struggles against modern colonialism
It’s a breath of fresh air to see this type of realistic representation that is very much needed compared to a fantasy or crazy zombie action novel.
Dark and Gloomy, “21 Century Vampire” Lil Huddy’s introductory track is one to listen to
“I’m not afraid to die, I’ll make you boyfriend cry.”
Sabrina Carpenter responds to “Driver’s License” with a track of her own
“You can try to get under my skin, while he’s on mine.”
Apocalyptic fiction has lessons for surviving the pandemic
Two YA novel series, The Maze Runner and Gone, narrate the kind of story we are already a part of..
The Downfall of Kim and Kanye’s Relationship
The celebrity couple may be headed for a divorce for multiple reasons.
Twitch won’t tolerate sexism—against men
The potential sexist bias with Twitch’s new terms of service.
Why I stopped watching Riverdale
It took some serious convincing from a straight white girl with no taste, to convince me to watch season four.
Technology can both connect and disconnect families
An animated movie shows what might happen to society if technology is misused.
Downtown Vancouver is a great place for photography
The mixture of city and nature provides a lot of interesting photo opportunities in Vancouver, even if the weather doesn’t always cooperate.
Kanye West’s portrayal of himself as a Messiah has reached a new level
This was Kanye West’s slow and complicated, yet historic pathway with religion up to now.
How news organizations can adapt to attract a young audience
Teenagers are getting their news from social media, from the influencers they trust, with a strong slant of opinion.
Metal fabrication is an ancient art, and a worthwhile career path
Metalworking was highly praised in the ancient world. It was an almost spiritual skill.
100 years ago, the world’s first documentary, Nanook of the North, shared life in the arctic with the rest of the world
Although some elements of this movie are fictional, it is a vivid representation of the Inuit way of life prior to European contact.
Four friends and a YouTube channel are bringing fun and irreverence to men’s fashion and streetwear
PAQ has and continues to make streetwear more about how we want to express ourselves and less about who’s wearing the most expensive shoes.
KSI has entertained hundreds of millions of people around the world and has made himself a fortune doing so
The entertainer took a gamble by dropping school to pursue YouTube but it paid off immensely.
Praising a very vulgar podcast: The Misfits
The buddies get into some hijinks and tell the tales.
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