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The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

We need to think critically about the media we consume to prevent being influenced by problematic relationships.

A romantic dilemma

Visual media normalizes problematic behaviors and relationships that aren’t healthy in reality
Meggie Chen
January 25, 2024
Senior Mikaylah Du poses  in front of a computer as someone who pirates content.

Movie marauders

Examining the MVHS community’s personal experiences with pirating movies
Samika Bhatkar and Vincent Zhao
May 30, 2023
This story contains discussions of rape and sexual abuse in fiction. Graphic by Aditya Shukla| El Estoque

Consent in fiction

Students break down their experiences with sexual violence in media
Aditya Shukla
September 19, 2022
Language in Media

Language in Media

Examining how the rhetoric used in modern media permeates our daily lives
Examining the evolution and influence of humor communicated over the internet

Internet humor unites generations

Examining the evolution and influence of humor communicated over the internet
Kripa Mayureshwar
December 12, 2021
An interactive image created with Genially defining various AAVE phrases

Giving credit where it’s due

Examining the linguistic appropriation of AAVE in modern rhetoric
Shivani Madhan
December 11, 2021
Podcasts are a rising form of media, whether it's a form of information or entertainment.

The podcast boom

Examining the why behind the rise in popularity of podcasts
Shivani Verma
October 24, 2020
Fifteen years after its initial release, "Avatar: The Last Airbender" becomes a hit on Netflix.

New and returning fans share in the excitement of ‘Avatar’

‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ increases in popularity after Netflix release
Shivani Verma and Claire Wen
September 13, 2020
Photos courtesy of Pinterest

Indian misrepresentation in media

Examining the inaccurate portrayal of Indians in Western media
Diya Bahl
September 12, 2020
Visual

The symbol of a face mask in America versus Asia

Examining the reasons why Americans aren’t encouraged to wear masks as opposed to Asian countries
Rachel Jiang
April 14, 2020
A man protests the Iraq War in 2008 in the streets of San Francisco

Anti-Muslim rhetoric in American media will grow due to escalated tensions with Iran

The war in Iran will fuel islamophobia in the U.S.
Zara Iqbal, Copy editor
January 27, 2020
A NASA Earth Observatory image taken in August 2019 that captures the Amazon rainforest's burning fires. Photo Credit: NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview, Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) data from NASA EOSDIS, and data from the Global Fire Emissions Database (GFED)

Addressing the sparse media coverage of the Amazon fires

Uncovering the drawbacks of social media activism
Oishee Misra
September 1, 2019
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