Scandals highlight Youtube beauty guru community
By Laura Sneller, Arts Editor
October 2, 2018
Whether it be for a night out or just laying in bed with nothing to do, people turn to YouTube beauty gurus for product reviews, makeup tutorials, lifestyle videos and even comedy. The beauty community is dominated by the same, well-known YouTubers for years. However, with racist tweets resurfacing ...
Teach girls to value brains, not just beauty
By Jenna Greenzaid, Features Editor
October 5, 2017
For as long as humans have existed on earth, they have always instinctively emphasized the importance of physical beauty. With that beauty comes societal standards, one of them being the idea that beauty is more important than brains. In society, women are held to the standard and expectation that...
‘Most attractive’ is least attractive superlative
By Ana Faguy, Senior Writer
April 29, 2015
Second semester senior year is filled with fun events centered around class bonding and bringing the students together for a final hurrah before they graduate and move onto the next stage of life. One of these events is the senior banquet, consisting of dinner, pictures, friends and the ever-popular...
Internet not for self-esteem boost
By Jessica Gold, Production Editor
May 25, 2012
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the prettiest of them all? "Not you, you’re so ugly. Get off the Internet, you attention seeker." With the simple click of a button, a video is sent spiraling into the hands of opinionated strangers. Naïve teenage girls with low self-esteem post videos on YouTube in ...