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Artworthy clothes?

Fashion has been part of a nation or religions culture for as long as we can remember, but modern fashion designers take their clothing choices to new and extreme lengths, all the while calling their creations Art. There is a reason as to why fashion designers go crazier each year when it comes the the "clothes" that they put on their models, with that being the fact that the fashion show has to be entertaining. Any highly respected fashion show has a very limited spectator number and is usually very hard to get into, so for those lucky ones that do manage to get in, they expect a show, something that they will remember. This makes the fashion designers go all out and equip their models with clothing that would never be seen again outside of the fashion show walls. While this all might be entertaining, can his extravagant collection of clothes be called art? Knowledge questions: 1) To what extent can clothes be considered art? 2) How much authority should be given...

RLS: 13 Reasons Why

13 Reasons Why, released in early 2017 as a Netflix original series tells the story of young hanna bakers successful suicide and all of her reasoning as to why. This is a very sensitive topic that has sparked a lot of controversy all ver the world. The TV series was able to raise the number of google search queries relating to suicide by 20%, the way that it dove into a topic that most avoid prompted many to investigate on their own. This is a big worry for many parents as many adolescents that watched the show do not have fully developed minds and do not have a fully developed understanding of the world that they live in or what their actions can do to others. These children might not understand the full meaning of suicide and might think of it as a natural way out if the world seems to hard. Many stated that the addition of a suicide hotline at the end of the series would minimize the effect of the trauma enticing scenes, showing many that suicide should be considered in hard t...