Latest Stories from Jessica
Opinion – Kim Kardashian shouldn’t be telling us to ‘work harder’
When will famous billionaires realise they’re too out of touch to offer worthwhile career advice to the rest of us? I’m starting to believe the only thing worse than men spending millions to blast themselves into space for 30 seconds is the trend of famous, privileged white women telling normal people to ‘girlboss’ harder. In a new interview with Variety, the notorious Kardashian-Jenner family boasted about their arsenal of multimillion...
World’s first octopus farm branded ‘an environmental catastrophe’
A company called Nueva Pescacnova has just invested €65 million to build a gigantic octopus farm in the Spanish port of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. With all that’s happening in the human realm at the moment, it might be a little difficult to consider why the welfare of an eight-legged sea creature would be something worth lobbying for. However, scientists and environmentalists worldwide are horrified to learn that a...
Media is finally encapsulating the realities of being young today
Though some directors have been accused of virtue signalling their way onto the silver screen, there’s no question that Gen-Z’s hyper-awareness has made media the most diverse it’s ever been. It’s safe to say that representation on screen has notably increased over the last few years, though it hasn’t come easily. There has been a divisive stance on how to best incorporate diversity into mass media, with quite a few instances...
Bots are now hijacking users’ collaborative Spotify playlists
Just when you thought Spotify was the last peaceful place left on the Internet, bots have begun taking over the platform. Remember the days when we exchanged music by carefully curating tracks and burning them onto blank CDs, with track names, doodles, or handwritten notes on the surface of them in Sharpie? If you’re from the latter half of Gen-Z, you might not – but for the rest of us, this...
Everything you need to know about trendy Himalayan salt lamps
The proclaimed health benefits of Himalayan salt have led to increased demand for the pink crystals - for food, beauty products, and home wear - but most people know little about where it comes from. When it comes to Himalayan salt lamps, the truth isn’t in the title. The distinctive pink salt rocks are actually sourced from the gigantic Khewra mines in Pakistan, situated hundreds of kilometres from the Himalayan Mountains...
Could memorial coral reefs replace traditional graveyards?
For those trying to remain eco-friendly well into the afterlife, being cremated and turned into a host for living coral might sound rather pleasant – but is this new trend actually sustainable? Although most people presume that once we’re dead nothing really matters, humans often ask each other (or state unprovoked) what they want the people around them to do with their body once the inevitable happens. I know, for example,...
Gen-Z’s relationship with romance is a complex one
Is finding ‘the one’ possible? Gen-Z knows having a so-called soulmate requires continuous compromise - and many prefer to prioritise themselves first. Although abstaining from parenthood and marriage has been done by some members of older generations, no age group has been as collectively relaxed towards these milestones than Gen-Z. The act of breaking tradition has come to define the colourful, fluid, and socially conscious generation, so it’s unsurprising that ‘first...
Could privatising the moon be the next human space venture?
A UK-based think tank wants to solve poverty on Earth by privatising the moon. Just in case anyone felt like we didn’t have the resources to deal with problems on Earth, economists are now suggesting that the moon could be of help. A British, neoliberal think-tank called The Adam Smith Institute says that our moon should be divided into sections of land and allocated to various countries. Once this is...
Major shipping routes could be changed to protect blue whales
Off the coast of Sri Lanka, a unique pod of blue whales circulate the waters all year round. Environmentalists are calling for shipping routes to be adjusted to keep them safe. In 2008, a unique and endangered pod of whales was discovered in the Indian Ocean. Most blue whales typically migrate far distances for food, but the group living off the tip of Sri Lanka are believed to stay in the...
Is the gene-editing technology CRISPR a good idea?
The scientific discovery of a genetic code called CRISPR could help eradicate diseases in humans forever, but could altering genes become a slippery slope? There are over 6,000 known human genetic disorders, with more being discovered and named every day. At the time of writing this, only 10 percent of them are treatable. Genetic diseases can reduce quality of life, cause chronic pain, and shorten lifespan drastically, which is why the...
