Adriana Garcia

Adriana's Gabs • 13th March 2025

How ‘The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’ Season 5 is Reality TV At Its Best.

Reality TV isn’t just escapism—it exposes us to new perspectives, family structures, and tough conversations. From RHOSLC to Vanderpump Rules, here’s how the genre reflects and reshapes our reality.

I’ve watched reality since I was a tween. Like every other tween girl in the early 2010s, I fell in love with the intense drama between the moms of the Abby Lee Dance Company’s elite competition team portrayed in Lifetime’s Dance Moms. I quickly moved on to RuPaul’s Drag Race, Supernanny, and I’m A...

N/A • 14th March 2025

Freedom of Expression in the Digital Age

The internet has dramatically changed freedom of expression by expanding both the reach and speed with which people can share ideas and opinions and access information. It has empowered individuals who traditionally wouldn't have had a platform or proverbial 'soap box' to communicate beyond geographic, cultural, and political borders, allowing a diversity of voices and ideas to be given their time to shine.

However, the internet's impact on free speech worldwide has not been an exclusively posi...

N/A • 14th March 2025

Are Haitian Immigrants Really Eating People's Pets?

Context: As a blogging assignment for a class on misinformation and the dissemination of 'fake news', we had to pick a recent claim, explain why it was relevant to the class material, and walk through how we debunk/prove it false using critical thinking and media literacy concepts.

Since it was brought up during the first (and maybe only) Trump v. Harris debate this past week, I will be talking about a claim repeated by former President Trump that I, personally, as a Latin American, have been l...

N/A • 13th March 2025

Is the Nintendo Switch Lite Worth It? – A Few Months In

I have very recently started gaming as a hobby, mostly because my brother was getting rid of his old X-Box and I wasn’t bothered to invest any more time into finding something else to fill my time.

I very quickly understood the appeal of the e-gaming world, from the escapism and creative storytelling aspects to the fact that they can be used to connect with other like-minded folks, I found myself reaching for the X-Box when I wanted to disconnect and turn my brain off. I love to read, but somet...

Adriana's Gabs • 13th March 2025

Why You Should Stop Using "Aspergers" & Functioning Labels

There are a lot of misconceptions and misinformation regarding autism and neurodivergence that don't get corrected.

If you have a passing knowledge of autism then you might've heard of Asperger's Syndrome, a term used to describe someone, (usually a boy/ AMAB), who has higher than average intelligence, a difficult time creating and managing interpersonal relationships, struggles with social norms, and has a monotonous voice. You're likely thinking of Sheldon Cooper and that's exactly it!

Befor...

N/A • 13th March 2025

My 2023 Midyear Book Freakout

We are officially at the half way point of this year! I can't believe how fast 2023 is going and how many books I have left to read. I have not read as much as I did last year, I am so busy with school and home life and reading has taken a bit of a back seat.

However, quantity =/= quality, and I have read a grand total of 27 books, with a substantial amount of them being romances.

I've come across some amazing books in the past 6 months, just as I have read books that I would rather erase from...

Medium • 9th March 2025

Journalism & the First Amendment

The freedom of the press is probably one of the most fundamental and vital freedoms to any democracy around the world. Journalists and even civilians, when the occasion calls for it, sacrifice and work tirelessly to ensure that the most important stories of our time get told. The protection of free speech and a free press is vital to any and all functioning democracies, and shields like the First Amendment help journalists and outlets to investigate and inform the public, holding people in power...

Medium • 7th March 2025

My Productivity/ Knowledge Management System: A Guide from a Neurodivergent Person

When I first started my blog for school in June ‘23, one of the first posts I made, was about how I organise my life. I didn’t really know what I wanted to write about, but a comment I got often from my people was “How do you manage it all?”, and fair enough!Therefore, I’m revamping this article as my first Medium post!Since writing it in ‘23, I have tweaked my productivity system a little but it is still equally as effective, and it helps me keep my head on straight between college, my family,...