Plastic surgery is becoming an increasingly popular concept. The number of elective procedures increase every year, and so do cases where they go wrong. This project investigates why people elect unnecessary plastic surgery procedures even though the risks can be fatal. By interviewing recipients of elective plastic surgery, motivations are evaluated along with people's perception of beauty and how it became what it is. They are asked questions that dig into their beliefs as to what beauty is and how it has shaped them, along with how plastic surgery has affected their lives. The research finds that people generally choose to have plastic surgery because society convinces them from a young age that beauty is important enough to risk your own life to fit the standards.

Modern media meant for light consumption tends to lean heavily on tropes and assumptions that don't really exist in literary fiction. Authors writing today are aware of this manner of reading and often tailor their messages to it. However, the framework doesn't really work for older novels. They were not written for this modern lens, and therefore, make their criticisms in ways that modern readers might not understand. So what does this mean for modern readings of these books, modern adaptations of these stories, or even modern original stories set in these time periods? This thesis explores these questions through perusing Bram Stoker's Dracula, Jane Austen's Persuasion and the 2022 Netflix adaptation of such, and the first season of Netflix's Bridgerton.

Uncle Dan is dead. He’s dead and Aunt Clara and Mike move across the country, leaving Jack and Jamie in their small Ohio town. Jamie spirals out of two relationships she thought would last forever, and Jack adventures across the country to bring back his cousin and return the family to a sense of normalcy. But the pair will soon realize that normal is relative and the truth is how you spin it, especially in the face of grief.

Unbeknown to her, Lonnie is the key between two realities - a result of her family’s grief and feuding. When she finally discovers her vital role, she is forcefully placed on a path of finding - and fixing - the truth about her family and the two battling realities. Struggling with her mental health as she continues down this path, her understanding of good versus evil is challenged.