Picking your battles when standing up for morals
Recently, I recommended a movie to a customer on behalf of his six-year-old daughter, as part of my job.
Attack ads are not just for politics
We see it in politics all the time: commercials that call out the negative aspects, false advertisements, and empty promises of competitors.
What is a fandom, anyways?
Most likely you have heard the term âfandomâ before. If you donât associate yourself with a fandom, when you hear the term you probably think of over-the-top, obsessive fans.
The Cunning Linguist: Man of straw, feet of clay
If the stereotypes are to be believed, online forums are little more than dung-smeared gladiatorial arenas where the illiterate masses hurl insults at one another morning, noon, and nightânot the best place for an intellectual debate.
Spiders arenât scary
What creature has eight hairy legs and multiple eyes? I bet the first thing you thought about was a spider, wasnât it? What was your next thought?
Beauty on a Budget
Burtâs Bees Lip Shine glosses come in a clear, squeezable plastic tube. The product is not very sticky, which some glosses tend towards, and this stays true even if you use a lot.
Indie fashion feature: Loungefly
Whatâs better than a good handbag? In the land of Loungefly, absolutely nothing! As a self-professed (and publicly-professed, for that matter) nerd queen, I often find it difficult to find high quality accessories that allow me to incorporate my love of anime, comics, and videogames into my everyday wardrobe.
Combating those nasty allergies
Itâs that season again. The season when many peopleâs eyes turn red and itchy and feel like sandpaper. The season when sneezing becomes the most common occurrence and where nasal passages become so clogged not even a plunger feels like it would work.
Keep those bugs away
Spring has sprung, but not everything is blooms and blossoms. As the weather gets warmer, undesirable insects, such as mosquitoes, start to show themselves.
Why terrorism works, and what we can do about it
I was seven years old when I walked into my living room before school and saw the World Trade Center fall on TV.