In a culture that welcomes each new year with the hope of re-emerging as a better person by the next, the first few months are a time to determine what is “in” and what is “out.”  What will be brought into the new year and, thus, people’s new lives? What will be...

While Angela Misutami, a sophomore at Providence College, was scrolling through TikTok, she found something odd. The app’s algorithm switched from videos related to Slytherin, her Hogwarts house, to a spate of videos of young people studying in visually appealing outfits, romanticizing...