Archives for December 2022

One of the most pressing social issues of our time is fake news. Nurtured by the great diffusive strength of the internet and by the easy access modern technology gives to this stream of power, fake news has grabbed a concerningly wide foothold in our society. Fake news appears as a rampaging menace, crashing through any obstacles we have to this point put in its way, its evil … [Read more...] about Technology as Our Savior: Hope in Technology as a Means of Fighting Fake News

Around the same time the United States military was in the process of withdrawing from Syria, a move that all but ensured the deaths of its Kurdish partners in the fight against ISIS, a different army was also mobilizing. This formidable force was none other than male Marvel fans, enraged and ready to boycott the studio’s latest release because of alleged comments by star Brie … [Read more...] about I Want YOU, Girl: How Captain Marvel Exploits Feminism for Military Propaganda