A "pick-me woman" is someone who seeks male validation by indirectly or directly insinuating that she is “not like the other girls", such as exerting qualities/characteristics of her male counterparts that were not initially present to be more likable and relatable to them, etc.

The National Football League (NFL) currently is owned by private owners who can be an individual or a group of no more than 24 individuals. Majority of Americans are heavily invested in the NFL and tie the sport to a sense of national pride and want it to reflect societal progress.

Examples of Americanization include focus on police brutality as a result of Black Lives Matter (BLM), use of english terms by social movements rather than words in local languages and the focus on American icons such as Martin Luther King or Ruth Bader Ginsberg

Hostile architecture follows design features implemented into city and town planning which were created specifically to deter homeless people from finding somewhere to sleep. This can vary from putting arm rests in between benches or spiking the edge of sidewalks. Initially, this architecture was made as a safety measure against crime, but as a side product also makes it harder for homeless people to seek shelter.

Anthropocentrism is the belief that human beings are the central or most important entity in the universe.

Planet Earth has lost its ability to produce resources to maintain survivability of its inhabitants. They instead seek to an extraterrestrial being which is able to supply them with any resource they want. In return, each year It asks for a tribute from each of the countries to participate in a killing game similar to ‘The Hunger Games’, participation of a tribute gives the country one year supply of the bare necessities like food and water capable to feed each person in said country. Winning the game gives that nation a five year supply instead.

An 8-year-old diamond heiress in India recently gave up her fortune this week to become a nun under the Jain faith. Devanshi stood to inherit Sanghvi and Sons, her family's jewelry business in the city of Surat, until she officially renounced worldly comforts and took her new role under her religious order. Jainism is one of the world's oldest religions and originated in India at least 2,500 years ago, per the Pew Research Center. The religious minority emphasizes the importance of non-violence, meditation, and rejecting worldly pleasures and vegetarianism, with around 5 to 6 million followers in India. Sanghvi is one of the youngest people to be inducted into Jain monkhood and relinquish her worldly possessions. Some Jain families are said to encourage their children to become nuns or monks to raise their family's social standing.

The explorer Christopher Columbus made several trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain. He was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia, but he never did. Instead, he stumbled upon the Americas. Though he did not really “discover” the so-called New World—millions of people already lived there—his journeys marked the beginning of centuries of exploration and colonization of North and South America. His journey kicked off centuries of exploration and exploitation on the American continents. The Columbian Exchange transferred people, animals, food and disease across cultures. He is remembered as a daring and path-breaking explorer who transformed the New World, yet his actions also unleashed changes that would eventually devastate the native populations he and his fellow explorers encountered.

Product placement has long been a feature of Hollywood. Seeking a boost in brand recognition and association with cool characters, alcohol and car companies, especially, have for decades paid or engaged in a kind of quid pro quo to get their products into films. The first documented example was in 1896, when the Lumière brothers, often credited as the earliest filmmakers, agreed to feature soap in their film “Washing Day in Switzerland.” But the rise of streaming has led to an explosion in product placement. Product placement is now a $23 billion industry, up by an estimated 14 percent since 2020.

Michelle Yeoh is a Malaysian actress in the Hollywood scene, notable for roles in films such as Crazy Rich Asians, Shang-Chi and especially Everything Everywhere All At Once where she has been awarded multiple awards as of recent. However, some Malaysians are less fond of Yeoh as she's born with a silver spoon with a lawyer and a politician parent within a conservative party [ Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)]

El Salvador became the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, allowing the cryptocurrency to be used in any transaction, from buying a cup of coffee to paying taxes. A lot of developing countries in Asia and Africa are also undergoing major integrations of digital currencies into day-to-day transactions.

The Church of England has approved blessings for gay couples for the first time. In a historic vote, the General Synod, the Church’s legislative body, voted to officially recognise same-sex couples this February. The vote was passed in all three houses of Synod. Bishops voted for it by 36 to 4, with 2 abstentions, while clergy voted for it by 111 to 85, with 3 abstentions. The house of laity approved it 103 to 92, with 5 abstentions.

The Christian right has been intertwined with American conservatism for decades, culminating in the Trump era. And elements of Christian culture have long been
present at political rallies. But worship, a sacred act showing devotion to God expressed through movement, song or prayer, was largely reserved for church. Now, many believers are importing their worship of God, with all its intensity, emotion and ambitions, to their political life.

Yazid became the caliph following the death of Ali (RA) who was the last companion of the prophet of Islam. There was contention in regards to the transfer of power followed by a war in which the sons of Ali Hasan and Hussain (RA) were disposed of, this was so that Islam wouldn't follow a hierarchal mode of power transfer. Hasan and Hussein (RA) were a major advocates for progressive practices in Islam such as feminism and equity.

Granting charitable status to educational institutions includes but is not limited to tax exemptions and tax cuts, etc.

Political consumerism is a drive having ethical, political ideas in purchasing decisions, providing consumers to speak out their societal and political preferences through their purchase.