Editor’s Note: This piece is a guest submission from the student organization Medical Students Against ICE. In response to a letter they received from the UC San Diego School of Medicine regarding student...

Every generation romanticizes a past time they never lived through. Nostalgia has a way of smoothing over history’s rough edges. For Generation Z, that nostalgia has transformed into a political and...

From videos captioned “trying the viral sweet potato beef bowl” to “make a steak birthday cake with me,” content creators touting the benefits of protein-dense meals are inescapable. The fixation...

Editor’s note: This is a guest submission from Muhammad Yousuf, a current PhD candidate in ethnic studies with a specialization in critical gender studies. His research in the emergent field of critical...

In the latest Hollywood adaptation of “‘Wuthering Heights,’” Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw are tortured soulmates, the moors are wide and barren, everyone is brooding, and the story is reduced...

Cramming for your impending midterm at Price Center, an hour to spare before certain despair, you hear a familiar tune. Your most recent doomscroll session of Ryan Gosling edits comes to life at the hands...

I recently encountered a Tiktok video from the user “10kidin10years,” a family’s social media account dedicated to posting about life with 10 children. Though the video showing the children’s responses...

I cannot be the only one who is exhausted by the internet. Scrolling is increasingly unenjoyable, and yet it feels compulsory. It’s easy to forget that it wasn’t always like this. Remember skimming...

In a world full of commitments, how often do we stop to consider what we truly want to fill our time with?  One way, on the rise in recent years, is traveling solo. The sentiment “my time abroad...

Jesus Christ. Naruto. Gru and his minions. All raiding a building full of people in tight suit vests. No, this isn’t a fever dream, but rather an online trend where groups of teenagers film themselves...

Have you become complicit with artificial-intelligence-generated art, or will you decide to raise awareness about this emerging technology replacing traditional artwork?  Scrolling through AI videos...

Editor’s note: This piece is a guest submission from Rose Qianyi Sun, a PhD student in computer music at UC San Diego. A little while ago, I gave a talk at a local San Diego bar as part of a series...