This project is a gender breakdown of Super Smash Bros. playable characters over time. I will explore all five games in the Super Smash Bros series and will categorize all playable characters by gender, including characters purchasable through DLC, to determine if the gender ratios have changed over time.
Category: Projects
White, wealthy and exempt from vaccinations
In 2014, a national measles outbreak was linked to Disneyland, where at least 39 cases were traced to direct exposure to the disease at the park. Over 170 people in 21 states became infected. In California, 88 percent of the measles patients were either unvaccinated or had unknown or undocumented vaccination status. This caused the…
Combat Food Waste
It starts with you. An estimated 30-40 percent of the United States’ food supply is wasted. In 2010, about 31 percent of food loss occurred at the retail or customer levels, which corresponds to 133 billion pounds and $161 billion worth of food. Meanwhile, 40 million Americans are living in food-insecure households, or households that…
My first glance at Berlin, Germany
From the moment I stepped into SFX, the international airport located in the southern outskirts of Berlin, I knew Germans had a unique relationship with their electronics. There were cafes selling croissants with apricot jams, mall-like areas glowing with chocolates wrapped in gold foils and “I heart Berlin” refrigerator magnets, and baristas with hair back…