Clothing isn’t optional. Every day, people all over the world get dressed and go about their lives. Where everyone differs is what they decide to put on. In the age of social media, fashion trends come and go in a blink of an eye. While some say this can make finding a sense of personal style difficult, others use it as motivation to dress against the trends. From … [Read more...] about Dress to express: Students dress for themselves — not the trends
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Tikkun Olam: How Andrea Harris Heals the World Through OneStop
One of the precepts in Judaism is Tikkun Olam, the concept of repairing and healing the world. OneStop Senior Director Andrea Harris has built her life around this tenet. Harris has worked for Pepperdine for 20 years. She said she has built up a reputation as an “outsider” during this time. She knows administrators don’t usually wear rainbow platform Dr. Martens, give … [Read more...] about Tikkun Olam: How Andrea Harris Heals the World Through OneStop
Choosing to Heal: Students’ Relationships with Body Image
For years, junior Chloé Lukasiak has been on a journey toward separating her self-worth from what she sees in the mirror. Lukasiak said she opened up about her experience with body dysmorphia and eating disorders on her social media platforms on video for the first time in September 2021, but she struggled for years before that. In her September 2021 video, Lukasiak said her … [Read more...] about Choosing to Heal: Students’ Relationships with Body Image
[Untitled]: Fashion has no labels
With clothes scattered across her bedroom floor and splatters of paint still drying on her now one-of-a-kind pair of jeans, senior Lawson Rudd prepared to debut her newest display of art. Rudd works at Res Ipsa, a one-of-a-kind boutique in the Malibu Country Mart. She said the merchandise at the store inspired her to make some of her clothes more unique — often through adding … [Read more...] about [Untitled]: Fashion has no labels
Currents Magazine Spring 2022: Moments
Letter From EditorPoem: The Little MomentsProfile Katy Flinn Summits Mount Kilimanjaro‘Is This a Picture or a Video?’ How Moments Create the Movie of RelationshipsProfile Morena Gonzales -Yap is Motivated by Matcha‘It’s a Human Right’ Education Transforms LivesCompetition and Connection Moments in SportsProfile Ethan Suh Runs on to the Pepperdine Baseball TeamFill in the Blank … [Read more...] about Currents Magazine Spring 2022: Moments