The hollow in Hollywood.

   This is a grim take on the best thing I read this week, but I personally think the Human Rights Watch has a knack for producing entries that draw people in while staying concise and focusing on very relevant current events. Growing up in the US free speech is often something you hear pretty consistently, it is such commonplace in the US and so tied to our nations history that we often take that liberty for granted. Globally the amount of citizens who have free speech are still far outnumbered by the ones who do not. Everyday citizens get murdered for speaking, but since that is not a prevalent issue in America news outlets and our society as a whole tends to forget it still occurs, or whether there is something the US could do to help those citizens and lessen global effects. The man who was just murdered in Saudi Arabia over a tweet was a respected family man and an educator, not just a statistic which the article does a good job point out. Organizations such as the human ...

  TikTok is often not an app associated with hard hitting journalism, nor is it an app whose user base is believed to have above average analyses on concurring social issues. Even if there is accuracy to that assessment exceptions to the rule always exist, if you look long enough you will find tiktokers who have amassed significant followings pandering to those very social issues / what happens in the field of journalism. One such Tiktoker who I am fond of goes by the name JD delay, he is a former addict and convicted felon who has become a rehabilitation therapist and motivational speaker after attaining his own sobriety. Not only does JD cover very relevant and current issues which many people in all sources of media would find difficult to cover, he provides a very unique insight that would be hard to gain without his history and time spent incarcerated/working through his addiction. An issue certain people have with JD is he has very limited filter and has absolutely no sensiti...

  Everyone who has spent as many hours watching TV as I have develops a preference toward certain shows and certain characters specifically. Shows can be a great escape from the divisive reality we trudge through on a daily basis, but sometimes we grow so infatuated by characters it becomes harder to acknowledge some of the actors we come to cherish so much are not good or even depraved individuals. Although thrust into positions of notoriety and influence, as a society we must be wary to mistake talent/entertainment value for a genuine reason to look up to someone. Millions of Americans such as myself grew up watching that 70s show, millions more watched in an effort to relive parts of their youth growing up in a time that’s now harder and harder to remember. As an atheist and someone who has been in his share of familial trouble a character such as Hyde spoke to me, sadly for me Danny Masterson played that character of Hyde. If you have never watched that 70s show but are current...