Spy x Family is a popular manga series and was recently adapted into an anime. After catching up with the manga and watching the episodes as they came out, Spy x Family has become one of my favorites.  The esteemed spy, Twilight (a.k.a Loid Forger), has a mission that involves him forming a fake family. He adopts a daughter, finds a fake wife, and even picks up a stray dog. But this family is just...

When someone compliments you, how can you tell if they mean it? Is it the look in their eyes? Is it the tone of their voice? Is it their body language? Despite how hard people try, these subtleties lead me to believe authenticity can’t be faked. An aspect of authenticity comes with experience. Recently, I wrote my online biography for Journalism. In it, I joked about how moms worry past midnight...

People, including myself, often assume that this generation is exempt from ignorance and magically accepting of everyone. This fallacious utopia makes for a rude awakening when in the presence of bigotry.  For instance, I was recently scrolling through Tik Tok (like any self-respecting person) when I came across a typical sidewalk-interview style video. The setting was a college campus—BYU to...

From One Direction to BTS, to makeup and even the color “pink,” anything – and that means anything – with a primarily teenage girl demographic is mocked by the masses. It’s as if any merit disappears simply because a thirteen-year-old girl fangirled over it. The culture around hating the interests of young girls stems from misogyny and the crusade against femininity, and unfortunately, not...

NASA’s Apollo 11 was the first crewed mission to land on the Moon. It consisted of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Micheal Collins. During the Apollo missions, 24 astronauts went to the Moon, and 12 of those men were able to walk on it. The last crewed mission sent to the Moon was the Apollo 17, launched in December of 1972. NASA started the Artemis program in December 2017, ushering in a new generation...

In the modern world, it is very common to see female nudity at every angle, but when it comes to men, nakedness is covered up by the well-placed sheet or camera angle expertise. As an avid media consumer and a young adult, this is something I have noticed my whole life. And in my mind, I always thought, “what was the need for her to be topless in this scene?” Mostly it poses the question and leaves...