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Your phone is listening to you, and watching you, and talking to you, and— but how much do we actually influence the algorithm? From videos telling you how to dress to the same meme on repeat every 5 TikTok scrolls, are we the Creator or the Created? Contributing Writer Ilham dissects just how far we've come from being the True Creator and how maybe, just maybe, our algorithms are building us brick by brick.

Everyone's heard the line "I can fix him!!!" at least once in their lifetime. But is it ever someone's job to fix him? Contributing Writer Mariam tackles the fundamental question of why men need love to become better men, and exactly who's at fault for the rise of man-children today.

Everyone wants to date someone autistic now; it's like it's the new chic. Contributing Writer Aliyah dives straight into the rabbit hole, dissecting why this sudden desire for neurodivergence has taken over this generation's dating preferences.

What is a personality, and why are we so fixated on asking the internet to decide what ours is through personality tests? Contributing Writer, Malcolm, argues that his 'personality' is mostly the result of his life story and those he's come in contact with. Join him as he dissects our obsession with personality tests, and if there's truly ever a fixed personality for anyone.

We all love to hate nepotism — until it benefits someone we know. The real question isn’t whether nepotism is fair; it’s whether it’s even possible to survive without it. In a system that already favours privilege, refusing to use the doors that are open to you can feel like self-sabotage. And that’s where things get complicated. Contributing Writer, Naema, dissects what nepotism means in today's society and if we can ever truly run away from it.

She used to post about her sadness on Instagram like it was a ritual. A blurry photo filtered in black-and-white, a caption borrowed from a poem I barely understood, and ‘Iris’ by the Goo Goo Dolls to accompany a teary-eyed TikTok – all small offerings to the algorithm. Contributing Writer, Suria, explores why we romanticise pain on the Internet in today's Opinions Piece.

In the wake of the assassination of right-wing podcaster, Charlie Kirk, it’s clear that there exists growing animosity between political camps, whether in the United States or elsewhere. We now find ourselves in an era where polarisation and tribalism dominate what are meant to be spaces of conversation and debate. In a world marked by intolerance and fear of being ‘cancelled’, how do we as a society find our voice?

Between pride and patience lies something more powerful: mutual respect. Contributing Writer Arissa Farha writes on what it means to respect your elders and how fear and respect are (never) interchangeable.

Body Positivity has long been thought to be the peak of selflove, endorsed and enforced by every beauty guru, influencer, and billboard of the modern day. However, all this focus on aesthetics and body raises the question: as this movement is brought forth into the 2020s, does it still serve its purpose as a radical movement—or is it only circling back as the problem?