Consumption, spes phthisica, tuberculosis... It has been called by many different names throughout time, yet the one thing that hasn't changed is that it remains the deadliest infectious disease in our history. Caused by bacteria, made worse by social factors, tuberculosis has shaped several different aspects of our current lives. One of them being... beauty standards. Or more accurately, western beauty standards. You might wonder, how does a lethal infectious disease shape beauty standards?...

Social media has become an integral part of our lives and with its rise, it has sparked an interest about how it may be affecting our lives. After much research and many articles on the internet, I'm sure we've already heard it all: "Social media is turning into an addiction", "Social media is harming our mental health", and so many more. But what if I told you that social media's impact on our lives does not end there? That, in fact, it goes so much deeper than that, all the way down to the...

Madame de Prie, or la Marquise de Prie as she would come to be known, was one of the most influential women in the 18th century France. In her prime, she had nearly all of France in the palm of her hand. But by a fatal mistake, she fell from power and thus, laid the groundwork for her own demise. Well, how did this woman come to hold so much power and then lose it all in the blink of an eye? Let's take a look at the story of how Madame de Prie flew too close to the sun. Born Jeanne-Agnes...