Virtual Fashion and Avatars Doesn’t Stop Body Shaming, Here’s Why
Online avatars, a thing of the future, is slowly becoming our reality. With that reality, our real life standards follow and trails into these virtual worlds.
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November
Tensions Flaring Between NBA and Players Association Amid Talks of Hard Salary Cap Addition
As National Basketball Association (NBA) teams have been running up their payrolls in recent years, NBA commissioner Adam Silver has begun to explore the possibility of implementing a hard salary cap for teams to abide by.
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Brazil Reelects Left-Wing Former President
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a left-wing former president of Brazil, has returned to the presidency after defeating far-right incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro in the country’s recent presidential election.
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New Documentary Exposes SHEIN
Shein, a popular clothing company, gets exposed by the recent documentary. The documentary sends two people undercover to reveal the horrid working conditions and pay.
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Savage X Fenty Reveals Athletic Line
Rihanna adds new athletic line to Savage X Fenty. Her addition comes created alongside previous collaborator Adam Selman.
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Female Athletes Are Emerging as Big Winners in the NIL Era
Since the NIL era began in July 2021, the NCAA has surged into a frenzy of endorsements for college athletes at all divisions of play. However, there has been a result of this new era that many did not expect to happen. Female athletes are recognized to be better suited for many endorsement deals and have been coming out on top compared to male athletes.
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Amazon’s Thursday Night Football Experiment off to a Hot Start
The NFL has long dominated the entertainment industry. In 2021, 23 of the top 25 telecasts were NFL games, the other two were Joe Biden’s Inaugural address, and an episode of The Equalizer, which came on directly after the Super Bowl.
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IRS Adjusts Tax Brackets by 7%
On October 18th, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced the annual inflation adjustments for the 2023 tax year. Many key tax provisions, including the income thresholds for the federal tax brackets, will increase by about 7% to account for the high inflation Americans have seen throughout 2022.
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Netflix Stock Rallies After Company Hits Quarter Three Earnings Report
Netflix’s third quarter earnings release surprisingly surpassed its earnings expectations as it brought in $7.93 billion in revenue versus the $7.85 billion expected revenue. It crushed its net subscriber addition expectations as it brought in 2.41 million when it was only expected to add one million. The positive news caused the stock to rally after hours on October 18th as the stock gained 15%.
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Flooding Devastates Nigeria
Recent flooding in Nigeria has killed more than 600 people and displaced roughly 1.4 million. The flooding this year is the worst in at least a decade, and has destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes and farms, devastating the West African country of 225 million people.
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