Photos by Terra Atwood Perched atop a chair in her dining room, senior Hannah Cooper leans over the table to get the perfect picture of her meal. “She does this all the time,” her roommate, senior Mary Mattingly said. “I’m not allowed to eat until she’s taken a picture.” Cooper, a Nutrition major, runs the Instagram account @califoodielifestyle in her spare time. "I … [Read more...] about Food, Filters and Photos: How Instagram Impacts the Way We Eat
Finish the Year on a High Note
Photo by Cameryn Zorb For many of you, this is the last year that you have at Pepperdine, and time is running out. For others, such as myself, you’re going abroad next year, and you won’t be able to experience the Malibu campus for at least one semester. How can we make the most of the limited time we have left? I think that one of the most important aspects of the … [Read more...] about Finish the Year on a High Note
Make the Most of Your Social Media Experience by Focusing on Authenticity
Photo by Cameryn Zorb This week I want to give advice on how to make the most of the social media experience. The best way to do this is to seek authenticity in the posts that you see and the ones that you share. I recently reinstated my social media, and this prompted the realization that people and their posts have power. They have the ability to skew our perceptions of … [Read more...] about Make the Most of Your Social Media Experience by Focusing on Authenticity
Learn Proper Museum Etiquette in the Instagram Age
Art by Sybil ZhangIn July a woman came into the 14th Factory, an art installation in Los Angeles. Like most millennials, a phone was in hand and a selfie was snapped. Unlike most millennials, her selfie resulted in $200,000 worth of damage after she fell backwards in the worst game of dominoes to ever ensue.This unfortunate museum blunder is not the only one of its kind. In the … [Read more...] about Learn Proper Museum Etiquette in the Instagram Age
Not All Selfies Are Created Equal
Art by Sybil ZhangWe live in a world where women are constantly being told to love themselves exactly the way they are, yet women are simultaneously being shut down for their efforts to love and express themselves, especially through their posts on social media."A body image survey by Today and AOL found that 65 percent of teenage girls said seeing their selfies on social media … [Read more...] about Not All Selfies Are Created Equal