Author: Beatriz Dias
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Miss Americana: The Surprise Box Behind Taylor Swift
Friendship bracelets, sparkles, and sequins: if you’re not part of Taylor Swift’s magical world, you might be surprised, but this week the Federal Reserve stated that her new “Eras” tour is doing much more than just enchanting audiences; Swift is boosting the economy. It’s no surprise to her legion of fans, who travel the world…
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From Friends to the Internet: Who Knows You Better?
The other day, while talking to Professor Jillian Dunn from UCLA, one of her statements left me deeply reflective. According to her, with just a piece of information, the internet can know more about you than your acquaintances. With two pieces, it knows more than your own family. With three pieces, the internet knows more…
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Battle of Giants
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This Wednesday, the Meta platform (Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) has just launched its newest app. Threads is the microblogging bet that promises to shake the foundations of Twitter. It is no secret that since Elon Musk’s entry into Twitter, the platform has been losing many users. Positioned by Meta as “a separate space for real-time…
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Artificial Intelligence: How AI is Shaping the Future
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If you are one of those people who still turns up their nose when they hear anything about Artificial Intelligence or CHAT GPT, sit down and take a deep breath, because I’m going to give you some reasons to start uncovering the wonders of this technological advancement. Perhaps you no longer remember, or maybe you…
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#OscarsSoWhite: The Hashtag That Sparked a Major Change in the Academy
Since Broadway Black’s executive editor and former lawyer, April Reign, took to Twitter in 2015 to launch the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite, many things have changed. Her goal was to draw attention to the lack of diversity in the awards, not only regarding the representation of Black individuals but of all minorities. Reign likely did not foresee…
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Diversity of Standards, Where Is It Now?
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Fashion is an industry in constant change and evolution, and often its cyclical pattern can bring back trends and controversies from the past that may be contentious today. These trends are revived and reinterpreted at a rapid pace. What is considered modern and current today can quickly become obsolete tomorrow. However, what we did not…