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Pumpkin Spice more like Pumpkin Gross

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Pumpkin Spice more like Pumpkin Gross

By: Lydia Curry

*gag noises*

Photo credits to: Dishing JH

It’s finally the end of Fall and so now I can finally bash on all you nasty people who enjoy pumpkin spice and all flavors, really. 

Let me just start off by saying that I enjoy fall flavors, I really do, but come on. You use the same spices to flavor literally everything. 

Fall spices consist of cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, ginger, pumpkin spice (which I don’t even know what that really is, like what does that even mean?), cloves and like tumeric I guess?

And they are ALL DISGUSTING AND OVERRATED. 

Now, I love cinnamon. It’s used all year round in like French toast and stuff, but seriously? You use it flavor your apple pie, pumpkin pie, pecan pie, sweet potato pie, like the list goes on.

You have to taste this flavor for like three months and it bleeds into December a little bit and that’s not okay! Like, doesn’t anybody get tired of smelling this stuff??

Next we have allspice and I don’t know what that means, so I’ll provide the google answer: “Allspice is a spice made from the dried berries of a plant known as Pimenta dioica, which is a member of the myrtle family. The flavor of allspice brings to mind cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and pepper.”

What??? You mean to tell me that allspice is just all the other fall flavors and pepper put together into one fun little mix.  It’s lazy and it’s disgusting and it’s your fault it even exists in the first place.

I shouldn’t have even started with allspice, like… that just proves my point! These flavors are just overused and they aren’t that good. 

My point, the point to this article, is that these flavors are gross. This is not fine cuisine. This is just laziness. Lazy!

And guess what? The fall time is all about cuddling up and being lazy and that’s bad and it’s just communism!

So therefore, fall flavors are communism. So stop using them. 

 

The Rich Get Richer and the Environment gets Poorer

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The Rich Get Richer and the Environment gets Poorer

Megan LeBoff
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Photo credits to : LaReserva

     How the wealthy class is destroying the environment

   When you think of a rich person, what do you see? A mansion? Their own private jet? Well, what many people don’t think about, is that with a bigger bank account comes a bigger carbon footprint.

     Members of the wealthy class notoriously have a lot of things and travel often. With all the stuff they have and all the times they travel, many fossil fuels are burned and many greenhouse gasses are emitted.

      Oxfam released a study that found the richest 10 percent of people produce half of the planet’s individual-consumption-based fossil fuel emissions, while the poorest 50 percent – about 3.5 billion people –  contribute only 10 percent. 

     Climate change is a huge inequality, costing the world’s most vulnerable communities much more than the wealthy class. In fact, while climate change seems like a problem for the future, many people are currently suffering from the effects.

     Several of the world’s poorest people live in equatorial regions with high average temperatures. This means that a small increase in temperature can be dramatic and lead to tougher impacts, according to a study in the Geophysical Research Letter in 2018. In the meantime, the wealthy population of the world is continuing to raise the temperatures with their private jets and fancy cars, making the situation worse.

     While the wealthy class is the main contributor to climate change, they are maybe the best chance we have at reversing it.

     To start, they can fund projects and research that need money in order to do any good. This research is desperately needed if we are to save our planet. 

     For example, they can fund the cleanup of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a giant patch of garbage pulled together by different ocean currents. This monstrosity affects thousands of animals living in the ocean. To clean up this mess it would take roughly 390 million dollars. This is only 3.6 percent of Bill Gates’s net worth. If the cost of cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch was split amongst multiple millionaires and billionaires, the patch would be taken care of very quickly.

    Another way the wealthy can help is by using their power. Rich people can not only fund research, but they can also have a political influence. If they tried, they could most likely change climate policies. And, they have a very good reason to. A recent Government report cautioned that postponing climate policies would cost the world’s leading companies $1.2 trillion throughout the next 15 years.

     Now not all of the wealthy class are selfish and unhelpful. For example, in 2015, Microsoft CEO Bill Gates donated $2 billion of his wealth to fund clean energy research and development. More recently, Elon Musk donated enough money to plant one million trees.

    Even if you’re not the wealthiest person, you can easily do your part in cleaning up our planet. In fact, the earth counts on volunteers to help with beach cleanups and environment protection. Also, the middle and lower class make up roughly 81 percent of the population. If we want to stop things like the Pacific Garbage Patch from growing, we need to stop feeding it. All you need to do is throw that plastic bottle in the recycling bin. If we all do little things like that, the earth will be cleaned up in no time.

 

MrBeast has come to the rescue

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By: Abby Burnam

How Influencers are doing their part for the environment

     YouTube star MrBeast has teamed up with the foundation called Team Trees, a nonprofit organization funded by fans and other people who want to help out. The organization is to plant trees around the world.

      Many other influencers including Pewdiepie, Jacksepticeye, and Jeffree Star have donated and are promoting this foundation to their own audience. Bigger people in the limelight are helping out as well such as Elon Musk, Susan Wojcicki, Marc Benioff, and Tobi Lutke. 

    These people have donated large amounts of money to show their support. Tobi Lutke has donated the most so far. He has donated $1,000,001 taking the top spot from Elon musk who donated $1 million flat.

     The goal of this project is to plant 20 million trees. As of right now, the community has raised over 15 million. How the site works is for every dollar donated one tree is planted. There have been over $15 million raised so 15 million trees will be planted.

      In Addition, $3 million was raised on the promotion video MrBeast made on YouTube.  In his promotional video MrBeast, his team and fans plated a little over 1,700 trees. Along with the other sponsors, Youtube is matching $1 million to every million donated from the fundraiser on YouTube.    

      With the YouTube donations and the site donations, the goal of 20 million donations is very close to being reached, but there is a deadline. The deadline is January 1st, 2020. MrBeast started supporting Team trees late October so it is safe to say people support MrBeast enough to help what he is passionate about.

     This all came about when MrBeast hit 20 million subscribers he would plant 20 million trees to celebrate the milestone. The process started in May of 2019 and was publicly launched on October 25, 2019. 

     MrBeast partnered with the Arbor Day Foundation to make this possible. The Arbor Day Foundation is one of the longest and largest-running tree planting NGOs and they have the same 

     The donations go directly to the Arbor Day Foundation and the trees will be planted in a variety of forests throughout the world. There will be a variety of trees planted but will be a native species of trees to that area.

     You can donate to team trees by going to their website teamtrees.org. The options to donate are 5, 20, 50, 100 trees, or you can set your own amount. 

     Another way to help is buying the clothing that they are selling to promote the foundation. The hoodies run for $50 and the shirts are $25. Aside from the merch and the actual website you can donate from YouTube, Facebook, and Tiltify fundraiser.

     MrBeast is so influential that other YouTubers are trying to do the same kind of thing. MrBeast is taking a step in the right direction to raise awareness for deforestation and this also goes to show that influencers have the power to make a difference for good.

Vegan and Vegetarian Thanksgiving Alternatives

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By: Brooklyn Baggett

Stop missing out on your favorite Thanksgiving foods this year with the following alternatives that are tailored to vegetarians and vegans alike.

Photo credits to Oh my Veggies

     Thanksgiving is the one holiday known for the traditional gigantic family feast, which is awesome – if you eat meat and dairy. It is often hard for us vegetarians and vegans to have a good meal on this lovely holiday, so here are some ways that you can eat your favorite Thanksgiving foods this year.

     First of all, so many vegetarians and vegans miss out on turkey, because, well, it’s entirely meat. An easy and delectable substitute for this traditional entree is the Tofurky Veggie Roast, which has wild rice stuffing. 

     The wheat and tofu roast is purely plant-based, serves up to six people, and can be found in the freezer aisle of almost any grocery store, along with other plant-based meat alternatives. Tofurky isn’t the only brand of this holiday roast; similar roasts can be bought from brands such as Gardein, Trader Joes, Field Roast, and Quorn.

     Another one of the most well-known Thanksgiving foods is mashed potatoes, which is vegetarian, but unfortunately not vegan. Lucky for you, it is simple to make homemade vegan mashed potatoes.

     In order to make mashed potatoes, you will need  butter and cream or milk substitutes. For butter, you can either use plant-based butter, such as Earth Balance or I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, or a 50-50 blend of olive oil and refined coconut oil.

     For your milk substitute, I recommend using soy milk, as coconut and almond milks create unwanted flavors in your dish. If you wish to use cream, making cashew cream is your best bet; it will add a richer flavor to your mashed potatoes – they won’t end up needing lots of seasoning!

     Lots of vegetarians and vegans sadly miss out on a tasty sauce that is often poured over turkey and mashed potatoes – gravy. While gravy is made mainly of the meat juices, there is still a way to make gravy with no animal products whatsoever. 

     Vegan gravy calls for 2 cups vegetable broth, ¾ tsp onion powder, 3 tbsp nutritional yeast, 1 tbsp soy sauce, ½ tsp dijon mustard, and ¼ cup all purpose flour. Bring all ingredients to a boil in a medium-sized pot, then whisk over medium-high heat until the gravy thickens, and voila! You have meat-free gravy!

     One of everyone’s favorite Thanksgiving desserts, pumpkin pie, is full of dairy but can of course be made (or bought) vegan. Since going vegan has become a bigger trend recently, vegan pumpkin pie can be found at many grocery stores, especially Whole Foods and Trader Joes, during the holiday season.

     If you would like to make your own pie, simply substitute coconut milk for regular milk, can pureed pumpkin for pumpkin pie filling, and a store bought or homemade vegan pie crust.

     Finally, you’ll be glad to know that a classic Thanksgiving dish – green bean casserole – can be made vegan as well. The only part of this delicious dish that isn’t vegan is the cream of mushroom soup. Many brands such as Amy’s sell vegan cream of mushroom soup.

     Alternatively, it may seem a bit high maintenance, but if you have a lot of time on your hands, you can actually make your own vegan cream of mushroom soup to substitute for this.

     As you can see, there is no need to miss out on all of those delicious smelling foods this Thanksgiving with all of these accessible, plant-based, mouthwatering, and absolutely necessary substitutes.

The Amazon Still Sits Ablaze

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By: Jaden Muller

Despite its media coverage, the Earth’s lungs continue to fill with smoke…

Photo creds to BBC

     Flames envelope the once lush greenery of the largest rainforest in the world. The root of this problem stems from those who need it the most: people.

     The Amazon rainforest accounts for approximately 21% of the world’s oxygen and can take anywhere from 65 to 4,000 years to regenerate. This year, there have been 1,975 more fires than there were in 2018. 

     Brazil’s environmental minister, Ricardo Salles, claimed that the fires resulted from a combination of bad weather patterns including dryness, heat, and wind. 

     Since it is currently Brazil’s dry season, this explanation holds some truth, however,  the majority of the places where the fires are taking place tells a different story. 

     Naturally occurring fires usually are found  in areas where there is a lot of old growth, but the location of many of these fires don’t follow this pattern.

     The most speculated cause for these fires are groups of people who can profit off of the land, specifically soybean farmers and cattle ranchers.

     Many believe that many of the fires were already sectioned off by the government to be clear. Deforestation within the Amazon has risen by 85% this past year and will continue to do so if regulations don’t change.

     Still in the midst of his first term as president, Brazil’s leader, Jair Bolsonaro has not done much in order to control this outbreak of flames. 

     Bolsonaro’s policies do not express the most concern for the state of the environment, specifically encouraging less regulations surrounding the rainforest in order to make more room for corporations. 

     Fiona Watson, an advocacy director at the Survival International, illustrates how the pattern of these fires have differed from the past years. 

     “It’s clear to me that a lot of these fires are set off deliberately,” she said. “The difference now is that with Bolsonaro’s message, the Amazon is up for grabs.”

     President Bolsonaro denies having anything to do with these fires, shifting the blame over to non-profit environmental organizations, implying that they are conspiring against him and using these fires to get him out of office.

     Although some effort is being made to stop these fires, specifically the G7 summit in France raising over 22 million for emergy aid packages for Brazil, the United States seems to be siding with Bolsonaro by not signing the proposal reached.

     The fires continue to rage on, causing damage to the environment, as well as to the indigenous tribes,  such as the Manoki, who have inhabited the forest for centuries.

     Beyond the Amazon Rainforest, other areas of South America have been affected by these fires.

     Instead of a crisp fall day, Sao Paulo, Brazil’s largest city, is enveloped in darkness with heavy ashes falling everywhere. Reports of black rain during this dark period also have occurred, most likely from the soot from the fires.

      If these fires continue to rage on, the Amazon could emit carbon dioxide in large quantities, speeding up climate change.

     The political and environmental climate in Brazil during this time has created the perfect storm for deforestation and devastation.

Boys Water Polo Dominates their Division

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Boys Water Polo Dominates their Division

By Eja Fromm

Photo Creds: Maddie Colitz


Mission Viejo boys water polo team proves themselves this season with big league game wins as they are ranked first in division 5. 

     As of Monday, October ninth, the Mission Viejo boys water polo team, led by coach Kevin Mitchell, is number one in division five. They expect big things this season and to make it far into CIF. 

     On Tuesday, September 24th, they played one of their rivals, Trabuco Hills High School. At the time, Trabuco was first in the division and Mission was 3rd. It was a tough game but the Diablos ended up being victorious with a 9-7 win, and bumped Trabuco down in the division. Mission Viejo was moved back up to first place.  

     Last year, the boys made it to the first round of CIF. They played Cajon High School and had a tough loss with the final score being 10-8. 

     Team captain Jude Gallagher has high hopes for this season as he claimed, “We have a good shot in going all the way in CIF.”

     His personal goals include, “I want to continue to improve in set defense and to become more of a threat on offense.”

     When reflecting on this season, Jude mentioned, “It’s been a tough season with a lot of injuries, but I’m proud with the team and all the hard work we’ve put in.” 

     The team is currently 1-2 in league with losses against opponents Aliso Niguel and Capo Valley. Their only league win so far was against Trabuco Hills. 

     Varsity goalie, Joe Carlucci said,  ̈I expect us to come top three in league this year.¨ 

     When asked how he feels about this season he replied, “I feel good about our season so far, and I think we could win CIF because we ́re first in our division.¨

     In Sea View League, the boys are placed fourth against nearby schools. Laguna Hills is currently number one in league. 

     Varsity utility player Matt Rodriguez stated, ̈ I expect good, hard played games for the rest of the season, and would like to not lose any more games.¨ 

     Rodriguez feels that, “The team and I have underperformed but I expect us to not have any more bad games and win CIF this year!¨

     A personal goal he has is, ̈To become more of a team leader my team needs and to show off the gifts God has given me.¨ He expects a lot of hard work next year and for it to be overall successful. 

     Over the summer, the boys flew to Hungary to play against other countries. They played a team from Russia, Germany, and the local team from the city they were staying in, which was Eger, Hungary. 

     Sophomore varsity player Kadin Kendall mentioned,  ̈It was a really good learning experience because the European teams were a lot more physical.”

     According to Kendall, they didn’t do so well playing the European teams at first because they weren’t used to their aggressiveness, “It gave us advantage back in the US because the teams we were playing against in California weren’t used to how physical we began to play.” 

     Overall, Missions boys polo team has many games in front of them, and they expect nothing less than a successful season this year. 

 

Minecraft’s Major Comeback

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By: Leila Alarcon  

Photo creds: Microsoft

The game with endless possibilities is endlessly entertaining. 

     Minecraft was first released on May 17, 2009 and became extremely popular. However, over the years people have stopped playing minecraft and have moved on to other games or have just grown out of that interest. 

     During this past summer, it started to rise to popularity once more. With more than 91 million daily players, it has become the trend on Discord, Youtube, and other platforms. This rise in popularity can be traced all the way back to July 8th, 2019 when the first “Revenge” Discord challenge was posted to Youtube. 

     Youtuber King posted a video on his channel of his Discord trying to say all the lyrics of Youtuber CaptainSparklez’s song “Revenge” without any mistakes. If they messed up, they would start from the beginning with the infamous lyrics, “Creeper…Awww man.”

     The same video was later posted to Reddit’s /r/YoutubeHaiku on July 17th, 2019. It gained mass popularity as many other people tried to complete the song all the way through, posting their own videos on many different platforms. The only one to have completed the entire song is Youtuber LeviRoyale. 

     The Revenge challenge led many people to revisit their Minecraft memories as well as other popular Minecraft songs. This challenge also lead to the lyrics “Creeper…Awww man” becoming a popular meme. However, the Revenge Challenge is not the only reason Minecraft has become popular again.

     Popular Youtuber PewDiePie also has a role in Minecraft’s popularity spike. On June 21, 2019, PewDiePie uploaded a video to his channel titled “Minecraft Part 1”. Since that video was posted, he has uploaded 30 Minecraft videos where his viewers cringe at his mistakes, despite him being a “Minecraft veteran,” and enjoy watching him discovering new things in his world. 

     PewDiePie has expressed his obsession with Minecraft before and his viewers aren’t complaining as they enjoy watching him play the game as well. In fact, every video he uploaded has reached the number one spot on youtube’s trending page. 

     His viewers have come to love the characters in his series such as Sven, his dog, all the Jorgens, his horses, Ula Brita, his cat, water sheep, his sheep duh, and more. Even though half his pets are no longer alive in the series, they stay with him and his viewers forever in their hearts. So many of his pets have died that it’s now a joke that any of the pets that become his “best friend” are destined to die. 

     Many memes have come from PewDiePie’s Minecraft series, and he has a whole Reddit dedicated to them. The Reddit was originally, and still is, for his LWIAY series where he reviews memes and rates them; but now the majority of the memes are Minecraft-related.

     PewDiePie has recently reached 100 million subscribers and fans are excited about his achievements. They were looking forward to his 12 hour Minecraft live stream that he promised once he hit the 100 million milestone. 

    Unfortunately, PewDiePie has already done this live stream, and if you’re like me you missed it because you were at school.

     Minecraft is continuing to get more popular by the day and everybody’s loving it. So if you find yourself bored on the weekend, considering visiting your old Minecraft world and saying hi to your pet dog who’s missing you dearly. 

Bummer Summer: The Damage of Summer Homework

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By: Megan Leboff
The Effects of Summer Homework
Everyone knows the feeling. You’re almost out of school, almost to freedom, but then it comes. The dreaded

summer homework. Soon your “time off” becomes filled with piles of books and essays.
Teachers say the summer homework is to keep your mind sharp over your time off, but is that really the case?

According to a Duke study on summer homework, there is little or no connection between summer homework and test scores, or long-term performance.

Some teachers could argue that summer homework keeps you from forgetting important lessons. However, if students forget the material quickly, the lesson was most likely skimmed over, and not taught well enough.

What many teachers don’t consider is whether or not they taught the material well enough. The danger of having summer homework is it could be done wrong by the student. If the student does the homework wrong, the student will have trouble later in the year.

Summer homework also steals time away from students being able to spend time with friends, which helps improve social skills. Social communication is one of the biggest parts of a student’s adult life. A skill way more important than things summer homework teaches, like reviewing how to graph, or what ancient Aztecs had for dinner.

More than one-third of adults in the United States are obese, doctors and scientists pushing for more people to get up and be active. Instead, summer homework does the exact opposite, keeping students inside, studying and writing essays.

Homework has been so common for so long, students have come to terms with it, and practically expect it. Summer’s main purpose was to give both teachers and students a break from the long exhausting hours they experience in school. While teachers get a break, students do not, giving them school practically all year round.

This pattern of continuous heavy work can make students dread going to school even more, and may even lead to them dropping out. Each year, over 1.2 million students drop out of high school in the United States alone, and a high-school dropout is unable to get 90% of jobs in America.

Not to mention, summer homework distracts students from having fun, and instead has them focus on finishing the assignment on time. The only thing students can think about is getting the assignment done on time. It takes the fun out of summer, even when the student isn’t currently working on it.

But hey, why be so negative? Let’s focus on the positive side of summer homework. It effectively takes time away from our summer, and it does a great job of stressing us out. And don’t worry about it being too hard, lots of summer homework is just pointless busywork anyway.

Summer homework is a waste of the precious time we get off, and in most cases does more harm than good. It shows definite signs of taking a toll on students, and should no longer be tolerated.

Sail Over to Popeyes Chicken!

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The new sandwich at popeyes caused a massive uproar this year. People from everywhere have been jumping onto this new sensation trying the sandwich and giving popular feedback resulting in this massive amount of attention, bringing it front and center. 

Photo creds: Eater.org

A large factor for it becoming so popular was the debate between Chick Fil A vs Popeyes for the best chicken sandwich. The chicken sandwich at Popeyes was said to contain better quality ingredients and more flavor as it has a spicy aioli that really puts it over the edge. 

Any restaurant can throw together a sandwich but if homemade it could totally be more customized and have better flavors that work together if you’re lazy, then go get your plain and dull sandwich, but if you are willing to put in a little time to get that perfect bite, then this is the perfect recipe for you. 

The overall idea for this recipe is to make a more sophisticated version of the sandwich with more flavor. The ingredients are as follows: 2 boneless chicken breasts, 1 cup buttermilk, 1 teaspoon of salt, pepper, garlic powder, and paprika for the marinade. Feel free to add some other spices as it can really add something special to a home cooked meal vs a restaurant. 

For the breading you will need 1 cup of flour, 1⁄2 cup of cornstarch, 1 tablespoon of paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne powder, and 1 teaspoon of salt and pepper. 

Now for the star of the dish the spicy mayo. You will need 1⁄2 cup of mayo, 1 teaspoon of hot sauce of your choice, 1 teaspoon of paprika or cajun spice, 1⁄2 teaspoon of garlic powder of you can use freshly minced garlic for a much stronger flavor. 

To finish it off, we will need about 4 medium to large brioche buns, mayonnaise, sliced pickles (if you like pickles), and 3 cups of canola oil for frying. Adding other flavors can really make this delicious so experiment with flavors that are similar to this style of food. 

First we need to pound out our chicken between two pieces of parchment paper or plastic wrap. Then cut it crosswise so that you get two pieces of chicken that are roughly the size of the brioche buns. Then in a large bowl add buttermilk, paprika, garlic powder, salt and black pepper. 

Place the chicken into the bowl cover and let sit in the fridge for 24 hours to allow the enzymes to breakdown some of the tissues in the chicken to make it more tender or you can use it immediately if you like a more firm piece of chicken, either way it’s good. 

To cook the marinated chicken use a large skillet or frying pan add oil and let it raise to temperature on medium heat if it starts to smoke, add in some more oil to bring the temperature down. It should be around 350 but if you flick some water into the oil and it hard sizzles it’s about right. 

In a medium sized bowl that is shallow whisk together flour, cornstarch, and spices. Drizzle 2-3 tablespoons of the buttermilk batter into the flour mixture and mix it thoroughly with a fork. Working with only one piece of chicken at a time dredge it in the mixture pushing the flour onto the chicken with your hands to get a good thin crust. Transfer immediately to the hot oil and let it cook for 3-5 minutes each side or until golden and crispy. 

The final step in all of this is to assemble the gorgeous sandwich. Start by melting 1 tablespoon of butter (optional adding garlic into the butter will give you a really strong pleasant flavor that really adds to the chicken and bread) in a large saucepan and toast buns face down until golden and crisp. Whisk all the ingredients for the mayo in a small bowl and spread a generous layer of mayo on each bun. Top with pickles and chicken. Enjoy hot!

Ladies, Get Your Hydro Flasksks

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Photo Creds: Change.org

By: Nicole Burns

A deeper dive into why teenage girls can’t enjoy anything without becoming the butt of a joke 

Six years ago, girls got cold and decided to wear Ugg boots. It was fall so they would pick up a Pumpkin Spice Latte from their local Starbucks. Two things which should have had zero consequences, after all, it was just that era’s teenage girls existing. 

However, that became known as the “basic” girl and was the last thing anyone wanted to be. Since then, it has been impossible for teenage girls to enjoy, well, anything, without becoming that year’s joke. 

In this day and age of 2019, the “basic” girl returns. Except, they’ve been rebranded and are now known as “VSCO” girls. Do you carry a hydro flask? Do you keyboard smash or wear long t-shirts? Do you even dare to wear a scrunchie? Congratulations, you are now the butt of a worldwide joke. 

What is it with the teen meme culture and destroying teenage girls for existing? If a girl follows along with her friends and gets a Hydro flask to do her part to help out the environment or she decides to wear a long t-shirt over shorts because it makes a cute and simple outfit, she’s a “VSCO” girl. 

Being labeled wouldn’t be so bad if these girls weren’t being made fun of any time they participated in the aforementioned activities. This has happened before. 

Not just in 2013 or before, it’s happened again previously in 2019. Did you wear eyeliner and lots of black? Draw little hearts under your eyes because it looks cute? Sorry, you might be an “E-Girl.” 

History is repeating itself and as always, teenage girls are the victim. This dates back to decades ago with girls being deemed the “Rachels” during the Friends era, basic white girls, hipsters. 

Time and time again, teenage girls are criticized not just for fitting in (re: VSCO girls) but for making attempts to stand out (re: E-Girls). 

Girls should be able to walk through this world without everyone laughing at them. These jokes start off funny when they are contained to the realm of the internet, but even now these “harmless” memes are beginning to take off in the real world. 

Although, you or your friends may laugh at the jokes about VSCO girls (you know, they are funny sometimes) but underneath this is a harmful stereotype that is part of a repeated cycle based on the idea of making a joke out of the next generation of girls. 

If boys can be boys, it’s about time that girls can be girls too. Teen culture has turned into a vicious cycle where the new meme of the month is simply a girl trying to live her life. 

VSCO girls, E-Girls, Horse Girls, and any other stereotyped teenage girl need to step it up and unite in order to take down the single, common enemy between all of them: E-Boys.

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