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Carolina Alcantara - Staff Reporter

Carolina Alcantara - Staff Reporter
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42Fiftys very own post-niche internet micro-ecelebrity (mid geoguesser player) that lived through a chronic gas leak that was going on in their house for a little over a year without their knowledge. Their only qualification is that they bring a silly goose vibe to the geese party.

[[SATIRE]] Avoid shinji-maxing with these few simple steps: How to stop being chronically online

A shinji-maxxer goes outside, experiences pain at natural light. Credit: Arleth Antunez, OHS

If you understood anything in that title, chances are it's too late. Don’t even try going outside anymore; lock yourself up in your room and continue scrolling through Reddit while listening to some underground band to compensate for your bad case of B.O. Keep going “he's just like me fr” with pictures of Guts from Berserk if it helps you cope (we all know you're more of Shinji Ikari anyway).

NCT’s TAEYONG taps into his inner self in latest mini album ‘TAP’

NCT's Taeyon mini-album "TAP" surrounded by other NCT albums Credit: Carolina Alcantara, 42Fifty

Neo-Cultural Technology (NCT) IT boy and leader, TAEYONG, returns with a solo comeback in the mini album, TAP, a follow-up to his first solo debut mini album, “SHALALA.” The six-song mini album was released on Feb.26 and explores the motif and story line ¨Searching for TY,¨ a manifestation of him tapping into a more carnal side of himself, evoking his vulnerabilities through multiple genres.

¨Is it worth its salt?¨: Baking a pie to commemorate new Black Butler season

Black Butler artbook and manga spread featuring the pie baked in the article. Credit: Carolina Alcantara, 42FIfty

The long-awaited fourth season of the occult anime Black Butler will air on Apr. 13, 2024, after captivating the hearts of many fans with its supernatural take on Victorian England for over a decade.  An adaptation of the seventh arc of the manga, the season will closely follow fan-favorite characters Ciel Phantomhive and his butler Sebastian Michaelis as they uncover the sinister secrets of Weston College.

Psychedelic violence crime of visual shock: a glimpse into visual kei

Pinterest board depicting Ruiza of visual-kei band Syndrome alongside Uruha the Gazette with a cover of the song SALOME by Femme Fatale plays on Spotify miniplayer. Photo credit: Carolina Alcantara, 42Fifty

Diabolically delicious guitar riffs coalesce with the egregious purrs of a figure robbed in garments befitting of a vampiric Mary Antoinette, or scantily clad in leather, belts, complete with a spiky wig that could pass someone off as emo Cloud Strife in a dimly lit venue. This is visual kei. Visual kei, meaning “visual style,” is a music genre that...

Opinion: Korean skincare is more effective than western skincare

Featured are Drunk Elephant products lined up at Ulta Beauty. Credit: Carolina Alcantara, 42Fifty

Do you hate breaking out just as much as you hate fighting a 12-year-old for the last Drunk Elephant product at Sephora?  Or are you looking for a product that will calm redness and inflammation just caused by the previously-mentioned situation?  The truth is that overpriced skincare popularized by social media and largely bought by spoiled 12-year-olds with near-perfect skin is out. Korean skincare is in