Cosplay

Today’s adolescents I fear will lose sight of human connection and how that human connection creates the ability to have empathy for others. After conducting my interviews and based on how I see young people interact what I know is the human brain needs connection to develop empathy. Our brains are wired to connect with others via mirror neurons and if most communication and socializing happen through texting and social media our children are at a great risk to lose that ability to connect physically

Hi I'm Ahrianne Rodriguez (they call me Ahri for short) and I'm 16 years old. I am Mexican-German born in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico on March 12, 2000 and I am a fluent spanish speaker with english being my second language, yet I excel in english class. I came to the US in 2004 and I live with my grandparents because my dad was deported and my mom moved in with my 3rd father-figure. Despite my hardships as a teenage girl living in the south side of Houston, I am considered very talented. I am

I’ve chosen Vader’s Fist: 501st Legion as my non-profit organization. The 501st Legion is a worldwide costuming organization that helps charity’s raise money through Star Wars cosplay. I’ve been a member for 5 years now and a member of the Florida Garrison charity team for 4 of those years. Members pay no dues and are only required troop one event a year to stay active in the system. In 2014, the Florida Garrison (aka Florida area) alone has helped raise over $12 million dollars for charities in

bored. I have always been a good student, but without any enjoyment for it; I always felt the school atmosphere as a somewhat technical and cold place in which I cannot really express myself. Maybe that's why I decided to sew and cut clothes for cosplays. Today , Professor Lanzi's class is even less joyful than usual. I can’t tear my gaze from the empty desk of my friend Stefania, that dear friend with the dark, straight hair. I can’t understand what happened that

To provide a picture of so-called passive or casual fans, I illustrated a fan huddled in her comforters while browsing fanworks. There are floating screenshots of the Tumblr, Archive of Our Own, and Fanfiction.Net homepages in the background, since these websites are three of the most visited fanwork archives. In relation to the second rule, the third rule on the seventh page says, “You don’t have to be like everybody else.” I started the passage with the statement, “Being in a group is not the same

Adam Savage was a regular geek growing up. Adam did not have many friends and had an obsession with movies involving fantasy and science fiction. After receiving an ice cream bucket from Baskin Robbins and a refrigerator box from a random house in his neighborhood, he made himself a space helmet and ship. He claims that was how he became the geek that he is today. Later on in his life him and his father went to go see the movie Excalibur, and after seeing that he made knight armor just from materials

ACTRESS PROFILE: HARLEY QUINN Harley Quinn is a fictitious comic book character whose real name is Harleen Quinzel. She is an American citizen and a psychiatrist by profession. She graduated from Gotham City University with a Phd in psychiatry. She worked at Arkham Asylum for the criminally insane until her life of crime led her to be an inmate in the very same asylum she worked at. CHILDHOOD Not much is known about Harley Quinn’s childhood but she was an intelligent and model student. She received

At the edge of the sea, there is always something going on, and we don’t just mean the normal monthly events and shows either. Coming in September and October are concerts, conventions, and more that have a little something for all walks of life. Rather you're into pop music, sci-fi films, or high octane action, we are sure there will be something here to entertain your done for the day, the Wyndham Ocean Walk Resort will be waiting for you with a cozy bed and relaxing pools to unwind in. So let’s

problem. I also find it horribly ironic that while this degradation is forced onto women in the science fiction world, they still face judgement and humiliation for obeying these standards placed upon them. At conventions, women are harassed for their cosplay of science fiction characters, likely for their “revealing” outfit, when they are just portraying what can be found within the genre. It’s unfair that women, even when acting as they are portrayed are still judged and

Anthropology has come a long way in getting people to understand its unique work. It is not just for the benefit of the study itself, but it allows people to be aware of how other groups of people of different backgrounds and cultures view the world. Nowadays in modern society, ignorance and prejudice have made acknowledgement and understanding of one’s cultural identity harder because many believe that their ideals or methods of living are correct. Aside from culture, anthropology aims to reveal