Tag: social media
Are personalized ads taking over?
While browsing Facebook or Google, you may have noticed the abundance of personalized advertisements. Sometimes, these ads can get quite specific based on your...
Confessions from the other side
This week, The Medium reached out to the students behind UTM’s most popular anonymous social media pages to discuss their experiences running their respective...
In pursuit of the aesthetic ideal
There are three things I don’t trust in this world: the 110 bus schedule, oatmeal cookies that look like chocolate chip cookies, and Nicki...
Taking a second look at appropriation
Cultural appropriation is not a relatively new term. In fact, cultural appropriation has existed since the creation and clashing of various cultures over history....
Going digital with woes: the modern-day diary
The ability to document every moment is a tool unique to the lives of millennials. While our parents may have written about their day...
Controversy over “reverse racism”
A social media post published by UTMSU has sparked intense debate over racism and what it means for both white and racialized groups.
The Facebook...
The rise of public shaming on the Internet
#Activism. Not familiar with the term? Try and recall #HeforShe, #Yesallwomen or #Bringbackourgirls. Leading to some of the most powerful social media movements of...
Does reverse racism exist?
When UTMSU posted a photo last week pertaining to “reverse racism”, comments immediately flooded in debating whether or not the term should even exist....
Professional or personal?
“Where is the divide between our personal private life and academic work life?” asks Natasha Hartono in this week’s lead feature story on social...