The Point

The Point

The Point

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The TikTok-ification Of The Music Industry

Olivia Kao, Reporter April 14, 2023

Steve Lacy, a popular indie artist who has been a big name in the R&B scene for years, released his single “Bad Habit” in the summer of 2022, which soon after reached number one on the Billboard...

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Hyper Inclusivity in Classic Literature

The problem with editing books for modern times
Ella Sherry, News/Online Editor April 14, 2023

“Fat,” “ugly,” “crazy,” “mothers,” “fathers”—these are all words in Roald Dahl’s books that have been edited out or changed for not being inclusive enough.  In February, Puffin...

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From A Disappointed Marvel Fan: Ant-Man Tanked

From A Disappointed Marvel Fan: Ant-Man Tanked

Chris Vasey, Reporter March 14, 2023

Marvel just released one of their most disappointing movies of all time, “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania.”  According to Rotten Tomatoes, it was one of Marvel’s worst rated movies, and personally,...

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How Old Is Too Old?

The toxicity behind Hollywood’s glamorization of age gap relationships
Eva Mayrose, Opinion Editor March 14, 2023

48 and 19, 31 and 21, 64 and 39.  No this isn’t a sudoku puzzle, it’s the ages of three famous Hollywood names in comparison to the ages of their wives or girlfriends.  You may have noticed the smallest...

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Fast Fiction

The problem with “BookTok”
Ella Sherry, News/Online Editor March 14, 2023

If you’re a reader who also has social media, whenever you open TikTok or Instagram you’re probably bombarded with videos about the same books you heard about months ago: “A Court of Thorns and Roses”...

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A Letter From the Editors

Amber Chen and Lucia Ruiz, Editors-in-Chief March 14, 2023

Humans have generations upon generations of experience with writing. For centuries, writing has been a way to share ideas, communicate emotions and connect with others. But in 2023, these powers are being...

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Queerbaiting is Problematic for Everyone

Sophie Stoddart, Reporter March 14, 2023

Today, queerbaiting is considered a marketing technique for fiction and entertainment in which creators hint at or imply a queer relationship or identity, but do not depict or confirm it. The meaning of...

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Faking Disabilities for Clout

Dissecting internet influencer morality
Aidan Shen, Reporter March 14, 2023

Attention is something that most young teens crave and some don’t have an original idea good enough to get it. So, they resort to more immature options that come with fleeting fame, and not so fleeting...

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Nepo-Babies: The future of Hollywood

Olivia Kao, Reporter March 14, 2023

Nepotism babies: children who were, more or less, born into the spotlight. A hot topic of debate in today’s generation is whether or not nepo-babies deserve their fame.  Many celebrities have spoken...

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What The Western World Gets Wrong About Feminism

Ella Sherry, News/Online Editor February 8, 2023

Feminism has a lengthy and complicated history in the United States, beginning in 1848 with the Seneca Falls Convention in New York. It has come a long way since the 1800s: women have achieved the right...

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Sadie Hawkins Tradition Broken: Bring it Back

Sierra Namvari, Photography Editor February 8, 2023

Every now and then at PVHS, the winter formal is a “Girls ask Guys” event theme.  Although it is widely assumed that the Sadies tradition happens every four years, it is actually less of a scheduled...

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A Letter From the Editors

Amber Chen and Lucia Ruiz, Editors-in-Chief February 8, 2023

College application preparation feels like it starts at birth. It’s very overwhelming and feels like you need to do everything and anything just to stick it into your application for one single admissions...

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