Book-What Now?
The way that the book community has grown over the past two years since BookTok was created shows that there is more to selling books than writing well.
Category: Culture
The Piñata Maker: A Day in the Life of a Student Business Owner
She encourages anyone who is trying to start a business to keep the three main concepts in mind. To never rush anything because everything will come on its own time, to be patient, and most importantly, to be authentic.
Chicano Art Is Here To Stay
The image struck a chord with me because it brought back bittersweet memories of spending the weekend with family at a cookout in the park.
A Balancing Act: Q&A with Alex Naranjo
Jobs are the gateway to connections and meeting new people, so the job you chose must be the right one, and there’s no better first job than working in fast food.
Food Guide: Uncovering Different Cultures In Your Own Backyard
by Mekhela Ghebrehiwet The best part of getting to know a new culture is experiencing their food. Food is a language everyone speaks and it’s a way you can communicate with someone’s background without having to know and understand their language. Supporting minority-owned businesses helps the culture by investing...
How the pandemic changed my music consumption for good
by Justin George Just over a year ago, I attended the last concert I would for a long time. It was a small house show in Los Angeles, where a mosh pit of sweaty high-schoolers mobbed around a noisy amature band that was on the verge of a noise...
My journey to Ing Tattoo
by Lucy Argaez When I went searching for Ing Tattoo I had gotten lost. I was searching for a shop that would allow me into their shop and their world. I called, emailed, texted and set up appointments with 25 shops before I found the place that felt meant...
California on fire
Wildfires call for community action. Summer is when Californians look forward to cloudless beach days and warm, sunny weather. Rather than the typical greetings of clear blue skies, the state’s 2020 was met with bright orange, smoky hues. It’s no shock that these kinds of wildfires have been occurring...
Collective grief
Sharing sadness shapes a culture. Almost everyone has been to a funeral or have felt some kind of loss. We have posted about a celebrity we admired or have even gone to a vigil for them. We have gone to a funeral of a distant relative we barely knew,...
Social media; post responsibly
To post or not to post? That is the question I and others on social media are asking. Social media started for me in 2004 with Myspace and AIM. I was 14 years old and the biggest dilemma I faced back then was how to rank my top 8...