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Manic femininity

You have probably seen people tweeting over their "manic and obsessive era." Maybe you have tweeted this yourself. Culture reporter Quynh Anh Tong discusses how this sentiment came to be and the implications it harbors for our life. 

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Greenwood District Studios on the brink of closure

Greenwood District Studios is Michigan’s first independent, black-owned film studio that took over the Lansing mall cinema in October 2021. It was named in remembrance of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre. The studio includes a community space where filmmakers and producers can come and produce independent films. 

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The strange agenda for the green M&M and her heels

The internet actually exploded when a circular candy was no longer looked at as sexy from the male gaze because the PR team took her heels away and dripped her outfit out with new sneakers. So what is behind this phenomenon: a social media frenzy or something more?